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Indigenous Women and Feminism

Politics, Activism, Culture

edited by Cheryl Suzack; Shari M. Huhndorf; Jeanne Perreault & Jean Barman

tagged: native american studies, women's studies, gender studies, customs & traditions
Description

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.

 

Through the lenses of politics, activism, and culture, the questions at the heart of this collection – 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 deeply the unique political and social positions of Indigenous women.

 

A vital and sophisticated discussion, these timely essays will change the way we think about modern feminism and Indigenous women.

About the Authors

Cheryl Suzack is a Ph.D. candidate in English at the University of Alberta and a member of the Batchewana First Nations of Ojibways. She is currently working on a dissertation entitled, “Strategies for Cross-Cultural Exchange: Native North American Women’s Writing and the Politics of Location.


Cheryl Suzack is a Ph.D. candidate in English at the University of Alberta and a member of the Batchewana First Nations of Ojibways. She is currently working on a dissertation entitled, “Strategies for Cross-Cultural Exchange: Native North American Women’s Writing and the Politics of Location.


Jeanne Perreault is Professor and Associate Head of the Graduate Program in the Department of English at the University of Calgary.

Jean Barman is a professor emeritus in the Department of Educational Studies at the University of British Columbia, and is the author of the acclaimed study The West Beyond the West: A History of British Columbia (1996).

Contributor Notes

Cheryl Suzack is an assistant professor of English and Aboriginal Studies at the University of Toronto. Shari M. Huhndorf is a professor of ethnic studies and women’s and gender studies at the University of Oregon. Jeanne Perreault is a professor in and associate head of the Department of English graduate program at the University of Calgary. Jean Barman is a professor emeritus at the University of British Columbia.

 

Contributors: Kim Anderson (Cree/Métis), Jean Barman, Patricia Demers, Laura E. Donaldson (Cherokee), Julia Emberley, Katherine Young Evans, Minnie Grey (Inuit), Patricia Penn Hilden (Nez Perce), Shari M. Huhndorf (Yup’ik), Elizabeth Kalbfleisch, Leece M. Lee (Blackfeet), ann-elise lewallen, Pamela McCallum, Jeanne Perreault, Cheryl Suzack (Anishinaabe), Rebecca Tsosie (Yaqui), Teresa Zackodnik

Awards
  • Winner, Outstanding Scholarship Prize, Canadian Women’s Studies Association
Editorial Review

A pioneering text…Indigenous Women and Feminism: Politics, Activism, Culture is a comprehensive, inclusive, heterogeneous, and valuable collection for anyone studying Indigenous issues or histories, feminisms, cultural studies and criticism, decolonization, or literary studies.

— Patricia Miranda Barkaskas, <EM>The Goose</EM>, Issue 10, 2012
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