Sociology

From the popular legend of Pocahontas to the Civil War soap opera Gone with the Wind to countless sculpted heads of George Washington that adorn homes and museums, whole industries have emerged to feed Americas addiction to imaginary histories that cover up the often violent acts of building a homogeneous nation.

Resource extraction and conflicts over natural resources are a global phenomenon, including in India.

This is the first book-length study on how authors of color present themselves in public literary discourse.