The White Possessive by Bethany Moreton
Property, Power, and Indigenous Sovereignty
A trenchant analysis of how the logic of possession underpins white sovereignty in settler-colonial societies, showing how law, policy, academia, and everyday culture naturalize the nation as a white property while disavowing Indigenous sovereignty. Drawing on Indigenous feminist and critical race perspectives, it examines native title jurisprudence, public discourse, and knowledge production to reveal how stolen land is rendered legitimate property, how inclusion and reconciliation often extend entitlement, and why liberal remedies fail to unsettle the ongoing structures of dispossession.
- Published
- 2015
- Nationality
- Australian
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- Pages
- 264
- Original Language
- English
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