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Indigenous women and feminism : politics, activism, culture / edited by Cheryl Suzack ... [et al.].
"Can the specific concerns of Indigenous women be addressed within current mainstream feminist and post-colonial discussions? Indigenous Women and Feminism: Politics, Activism, Culture proposes that a dynamic new line of inquiry -- Indigenous feminism -- is necessary to truly engage with the crucial issues of cultural identity, nationalism, and decolonization particular to Indigenous contexts.
A vital and sophisticated discussion that will change the way we think about modern feminism, Indigenous Women and Feminism will be invaluable to scholars, activists, artists, community organizers, and those concerned with Indigenous and feminist issues at home and abroad."--pub. desc.
Through the lenses of politics, activism, and culture, this wide-ranging collection examines the historical roles of Indigenous women, their intellectual and activist work, and the relevance of contemporary literature, art, and performance for an emerging Indigenous feminist project. The questions at the heart of these essays -- What is at stake in conceptualizing Indigenous feminism? How does feminism relate to Indigenous claims to land and sovereignty? What lessons can we learn from the past? How do Indigenous women engage ongoing violence and social and political marginalization? -- cross disciplinary, national, academic, and activist boundaries to explore in depth the unique political and social positions of Indigenous women.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780774818070
- ISBN: 0774818077
- Physical Description: x, 333 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.
- Publisher: Vancouver : UBC Press, c2010.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Indigenous feminism : theorizing the issue / Shari M. Huhndorf and Cheryl Suzack -- Politics. From the tundra to the boardroom to everywhere in between : politics and the changing roles of Inuit women in the Arctic / Minnie Grey ; Native women and leadership : an ethics of culture and relationship / Rebecca Tsosie ; But we are your mothers, you are our sons : gender, sovereignty, and the nation in early Cherokee women's writing / Laura E. Donaldson ; Indigenous feminism : the project / Patricia Penn Hilden and Leece M. Lee -- Activism. Affirmations of a indigenous feminist / Kim Anderson ; Indigenous women and feminism on the cusp of contact / Jean Barman ; Reaching toward a red-black coalitional feminism : Anna Julia Cooper's "women versus the Indian" / Teresa Zackodnik ; Emotion before the law / Cheryl Suzack ; Beyond feminism : indigenous Ainu women and narratives of empowerment in Japan / Ann-Elise Lewallen -- Culture. Indigenous feminism, performance, and the politics of memory in the plays of Monique Mojica / Shari M. Huhndorf ; Memory alive : an inquiry into the uses of memory by Marilyn Dumont, Jeannette Armstrong, Louise Halfe, and Joy Harjo / Jeanne Perreault ; To spirit walk the letter and the law : gender, race, and representational violence in Rudy Wiebe and Yvonne Johnson's Stolen Life : the journey of a Cree woman / Julia Emberley ; Painting the archive : the art of Jane Ash Poitras / Pamela McCallum ; Our lives will be different now : the indigenous feminist performances of Spiderwoman Theater / Katherine Young Evans ; Bordering on feminism : space, solidarity, and transnationalism in Rebecca Belmore's Vigil / Elizabeth Kalbfleisch ; Location, dislocation, relocation : shooting back with cameras / Patricia Demers. |
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| Subject: | Feminism and the arts. Indigenous women > Social conditions. Feminism. Indigenous women > Political activity. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Emily Carr University of Art + Design.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Holdable? | Status | Due Date | Courses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emily Carr University of Art + Design | HQ1155 .I64 2010 (Text) | 30224595 | Book | Volume hold | Available | - |
- Book News : Book News Reviews
Minorities have historically viewed feminism as a white, middle-class movement. In this valuable contribution to the emerging field of indigenous feminism, Suzack (English and Aboriginal studies, U. of Toronto) and coeditors from universities in the Pacific Northwest introduce 13 original and three reprinted essays that explore indigenous-specific theoretical and activist issues per Native women's reflections, writings, legal rulings entailing race and gender issues, and the visual and performance arts. The volume, conceived at a conference held at the University of Alberta in 2003, includes stills from movies by indigenous documentary filmmakers: Loretta Todd (Forgotten Warriors, 1996), Alanis Obomsawin (Rocks at Whiskey Trench, 2000), and Catharine Martin (The Spirit of Annie Mae, 2002). Distributed by UTP Distribution. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) - Choice Reviews : Choice Reviews 2011 August
The authors posit that this collection of thoughtful, well-supported essays will "develop Indigenous women and feminism as a field of study." Resulting from a 2005 interdisciplinary conference that examined indigenous women in Canada and the US from the 18th century to the present, the text focuses on identity and how it can be resurrected by examining the historical past preserved in the cultural production of women and re-created in the present through women's activism in a variety of arenas. Given the scholarship that exists regarding women's movements in response to colonization and patriarchy worldwide, it is difficult to imagine that new ground remains to be covered. Some essays, like Rebecca Tsosie's contribution on Native women and leadership, seem dated. However, most of the essays, whether speeches from indigenous women, revisiting the life of a historical figure (Teresa Zackodnik's reexamination of Anna Julia Cooper), or the entire final section on film, poetry, and prose created by indigenous women, leave no doubt that the ever-morphing and largely unexamined identity of the indigenous woman and her role in the family, community, and nation demand continued scholarly attention. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Most levels/libraries. Copyright 2011 American Library Association.
