{"product_id":"indigenous-affinities-toward-solidarity-across-the-global-south-paperback","title":"Indigenous Affinities: Toward Solidarity Across the Global South - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAmal Eqeiq\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eReveals how Mayan and Palestinian narratives connect through shared Indigenous struggles, proposing 'affinity' as a framework for global solidarity\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eInspired by and committed to global Indigenous solidarity and South-South encounters, \u003ci\u003eIndigenous Affinities\u003c\/i\u003e examines the multifaceted connection between Chiapas and Palestine. In tracing unseen threads that connect parallel geographies of struggle found in contemporary Mayan and Palestinian narratives, \u003ci\u003eIndigenous Affinities\u003c\/i\u003e proposes affinity as a new conceptual framework. Eqeiq shows how-despite emerging from distinct historical processes of minoritization, subalternization, and racialization-Mayan and Palestinian written, visual, and performance texts articulate a common configuration of Indigeneity. These seemingly unrelated connections, Eqeiq contends, can be read through shared histories of land struggle, practices of autonomy, quests for liberation, and collective resistance to racial capitalism, military oppression, and colonial violence. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEqeiq examines murals that offer a visual testimony to common struggles and transnational connection, explores fragmented bilingualisms that have propelled language revival and revitalization, highlights a shared concern with borders, and documents the performative commemorations of massacres. Reading such sites together in the complexities and specificities of disparate contexts, \u003ci\u003eIndigenous Affinities\u003c\/i\u003e illuminates how the lens of affinity can elucidate solidarity and resistance within the Global South.\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eIndigenous Affinities\u003c\/i\u003e shows how we might develop a South-South dialogue that circumvents or even short-circuits the usual dynamics of knowledge production. A brilliant, nuanced book that will set the standard for comparative work in global Indigenous studies for years to come\"--\u003cb\u003ePaul Worley\u003c\/b\u003e, Appalachian State University \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"From a profound intellectual interest in peoples' lives, histories, struggles, and creations, Eqeiq focuses on the solidarities around dispossessed collectivities and their encounters and exchanges across continents. While Indigenous studies has grown into a vibrant field in North America, the book's comparative dimension remains unique, especially in including Palestinian experience.\"--\u003cb\u003eNajat Rahman\u003c\/b\u003e, University of Montreal \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Eqeiq's book movingly establishes relations of affinity between Palestinian (Arabic) and Mayan (Tsotsil) language, literature, and community memory, while also showing how we might understand Indigenous affinity across a range of seemingly unrelated languages and social contexts.\"--\u003cb\u003eManu Karuka\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eEmpire's Tracks: Indigenous Nations, Chinese Workers, and the Transcontinental Railroad\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eInspired by and committed to global Indigenous solidarity and South-South encounters, \u003ci\u003eIndigenous Affinities\u003c\/i\u003e examines the multifaceted connection between Chiapas and Palestine. In tracing unseen threads that connect parallel geographies of struggle found in contemporary Mayan and Palestinian narratives, \u003ci\u003eIndigenous Affinities\u003c\/i\u003e proposes affinity as a new conceptual framework. Eqeiq shows how--despite emerging from distinct historical processes of minoritization, subalternization, and racialization--Mayan and Palestinian written, visual, and performance texts articulate a common configuration of Indigeneity. These seemingly unrelated connections, Eqeiq contends, can be read through shared histories of land struggle, practices of autonomy, quests for liberation, and collective resistance to racial capitalism, military oppression, and colonial violence. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEqeiq examines murals that offer a visual testimony to common struggles and transnational connection, explores fragmented bilingualisms that have propelled language revival and revitalization, highlights a shared concern with borders, and documents the performative commemorations of massacres. Reading such sites together in the complexities and specificities of disparate contexts, \u003ci\u003eIndigenous Affinities\u003c\/i\u003e illuminates how the lens of affinity can elucidate solidarity and resistance within the Global South. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAmal Eqeiq\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of Arabic Studies and Comparative Literature at Williams College.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAmal Eqeiq\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of Arabic Studies and Comparative Literature at Williams College.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.64 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 02, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43339245125721,"sku":"9781531510282","price":61.72,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0736\/6465\/9545\/files\/gvnY9tr5FT9781531510282.webp?v=1779437158","url":"https:\/\/warrenssanctuaryofthemind.myshopify.com\/products\/indigenous-affinities-toward-solidarity-across-the-global-south-paperback","provider":"Warren's sanctuary of the mind","version":"1.0","type":"link"}