![]() ![]() The novel's use of Little House on the Prairie to explore the Lien family's exile and displacement as a result of US imperial violence in Southeast Asia juxtaposes the histories of settler colonialism with imperialism, illuminating how the narratives that justify western expansion are not strictly territorial imperatives. ![]() ![]() Settler imperialism denotes how the logic and operations of settler colonialism rationalize modes of conquest that are not reducible to the acquisition of territory but are central to the consolidation of settler state security and power. This article examines Pioneer Girl as a critical juxtaposition of the contradictions of settler imperialism. ![]()
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