Settler Colonial Studies · 2013 · 50 citations · 0 references
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The essay explores the ways the idea of the ‘frontier’ allows for settlers to envision a space within the boundaries of the state, yet beyond its jurisdiction. In this way, the concept of the frontier translates the ongoing institutional exceptionalization of Native peoples and lands into a space of settler possibility.