Creating a Coyote Cartography: Critical Regionalism at the Border
This article develops and deploys critical regionalism as a theoretical framework that enables a comparative transnational critique of North American border regions. Taking its lead from developments in the field of Postwestern Studies it incorporates critical metaphors drawn from Deleuzian philosop...
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| description | This article develops and deploys critical regionalism as a theoretical framework that enables a comparative transnational critique of North American border regions. Taking its lead from developments in the field of Postwestern Studies it incorporates critical metaphors drawn from Deleuzian philosophy in the form of nomadism and nomadic thought. Examining the nomadic traits of Coyote (the trickster) and coyote (the people smuggler), the article develops a comparative literature approach that challenges the centrality of existing discursive constructions of borders in North America as well as the disciplinary borders of “American” Studies. Through readings of depictions of Coyote and coyote in the work of Thomas King and Charles Bowden, the article suggests ways in which developing dialogue between the Mexican and Canadian borders can avoid the tendency to collapse regionalism into nationalism and respond to calls for more hemispheric approaches to the discipline. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-98b9931d49054e4ca857bd06270e1cb02025-01-06T09:10:18ZengEuropean Association for American StudiesEuropean Journal of American Studies1991-93362014-12-019310.4000/ejas.10396Creating a Coyote Cartography: Critical Regionalism at the BorderCaleb BaileyThis article develops and deploys critical regionalism as a theoretical framework that enables a comparative transnational critique of North American border regions. Taking its lead from developments in the field of Postwestern Studies it incorporates critical metaphors drawn from Deleuzian philosophy in the form of nomadism and nomadic thought. Examining the nomadic traits of Coyote (the trickster) and coyote (the people smuggler), the article develops a comparative literature approach that challenges the centrality of existing discursive constructions of borders in North America as well as the disciplinary borders of “American” Studies. Through readings of depictions of Coyote and coyote in the work of Thomas King and Charles Bowden, the article suggests ways in which developing dialogue between the Mexican and Canadian borders can avoid the tendency to collapse regionalism into nationalism and respond to calls for more hemispheric approaches to the discipline.https://journals.openedition.org/ejas/10396bordersCritical regionalismnomadismnomadic thoughtCoyote (trickster)coyote (smuggler) |
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| title | Creating a Coyote Cartography: Critical Regionalism at the Border |
| title_full | Creating a Coyote Cartography: Critical Regionalism at the Border |
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| title_short | Creating a Coyote Cartography: Critical Regionalism at the Border |
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| topic | borders Critical regionalism nomadism nomadic thought Coyote (trickster) coyote (smuggler) |
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