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ISBN-10: 0887558518
ISBN-13: 9780887558511
Publisher: University of Manitoba Press
Publish Date: 05/01/2020
Dimensions: 8.90" L, 7.10" W, 0.60" H

In Good Relation: History, Gender, and Kinship in Indigenous Feminisms

Edited bySarah Nickel
Editor: Amanda Fehr

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Overview

Over the past thirty years, a strong canon of Indigenous feminist literature has addressed how Indigenous women are uniquely and dually affected by colonialism and patriarchy. Indigenous women have long recognized that their intersectional realities were not represented in mainstream feminism, which was principally white, middle-class, and often ignored realities of colonialism. As Indigenous feminist ideals grew, Indigenous women became increasingly multi-vocal, with multiple and oppositional understandings of what constituted Indigenous feminism and whether or not it was a useful concept. Emerging from these dialogues are conversations from a new generation of scholars, activists, artists, and storytellers who accept the usefulness of Indigenous feminism and seek to broaden the concept. In Good Relation captures this transition and makes sense of Indigenous feminist voices that are not necessarily represented in existing scholarship. There is a need to further Indigenize our understandings of feminism and to take the scholarship beyond a focus on motherhood, life history, or legal status (in Canada) to consider the connections between Indigenous feminisms, Indigenous philosophies, the environment, kinship, violence, and Indigenous Queer Studies. Organized around the notion of “generations,” this collection brings into conversation new voices of Indigenous feminist theory, knowledge, and experience. Taking a broad and critical interpretation of Indigenous feminism, it depicts how an emerging generation of artists, activists, and scholars are envisioning and invigorating the strength and power of Indigenous women.

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"This well-researched and highly readable volume is a collection of broad and historically underrepresented voices of artists, activists and scholars in an attempt to Indigenize feminism in necessary and critical ways.–Karla Strand "Ms. Magazine"
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Details

ISBN-10: 0887558518
ISBN-13: 9780887558511
Publisher: University of Manitoba Press
Publish Date: 05/01/2020
Dimensions: 8.90" L, 7.10" W, 0.60" H
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