Imagining Choctaw: Survivance and Settler Colonialism

The first-ever monograph dedicated to contemporary Choctaw authors, written by a Choctaw and Pawnee scholar.

The first-ever monograph that focuses solely on Choctaw authors, Imagining Choctaw explores how four writers—LeAnne Howe, Louis Owens, D. L. (“Don”) Birchfield, and Steven Paul Judd—imagine and assert themselves as Choctaw individuals and envision Choctaw communities and nationhood, all within a social and political system designed for their eradication. Their styles, aesthetics, and ...