Imagining ‘Our Ancestors’: Liberal Indigeneity and the Repudiation of Colonialism in Postimperial Britain
Theory, Culture & Society: Explorations in Critical Social Science
Published online on December 27, 2025
Abstract
Theory, Culture & Society, Volume 43, Issue 3, Page 77-93, May 2026.
This article examines imaginative connections to an indigenous ancestry in popular British nonfiction writing on nature, landscape, and environment. It coins the term ‘liberal indigeneity’ to characterize ostensibly plural, inclusive engagements with ...
This article examines imaginative connections to an indigenous ancestry in popular British nonfiction writing on nature, landscape, and environment. It coins the term ‘liberal indigeneity’ to characterize ostensibly plural, inclusive engagements with ...