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Iskwewak--kah' ki yaw ni wahkomakanak : neither Indian princesses nor easy squaws / by Janice Acoose/Misko-Kìsikàwihkwè (Red Sky Woman).
Penn Museum Library PR9185.6.I5 A26 1995
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Acoose, Janice.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Canadian literature--History and criticism.
- Canadian literature.
- Indian women--Canada--Historiography.
- Indian women.
- Stereotypes (Social psychology) in literature.
- Indian women in literature.
- Indians in literature.
- Women in literature.
- Historiography.
- Canada.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Physical Description:
- 132 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Other Title:
- Neither Indian princesses nor easy squaws
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto : Women's Press, [1995]
- Summary:
- Janice Acoose analyzes stereotypical images of Indigenous women in popular Canadian literature. She also explores the writings of new Indigenous writers and offers an antidote to the influence of negative literary images.
- Contents:
- Reclaiming myself
- Literature, image, and societal values
- Discovering the spark: Iskwewak Kah' Ki Yaw Ni Wahkomakanak
- Fenced in and forced to give up: images of indigenous women in selected non-indigenous writers' fiction
- A war wind blowing: a revisiting of Maria Campbell's Halfbreed from an indigenous perspective
- Spark into flame: a thousand angles from which to see us
- Paving the way for the seventh generation: an exciting time to be alive.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 127-132).
- Other Format:
- Online version: Acoose, Janice. Iskwewak--kah' ki yaw ni wahkomakanak.
- ISBN:
- 0889612099
- 9780889612099
- OCLC:
- 32545598
- Online:
- Publisher description
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