Making space for indigenous feminism / edited by Joyce Green.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Green, Joyce A. (Joyce Audry), 1956-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indigenous women--Political activity.

Indigenous women.

Indigenous women--Social conditions.

Feminism.

Women political activists.

Indigenous women--Biography.

Feminists--Biography.

Feminists.

Women's rights.

Social conditions.

Political participation.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

254 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm

Other Title:

Indigenous feminism

Place of Publication:

Black Point, N.S. : Fernwood Pub. ; London ; New York : Zed Books ; New York : Distributed exclusively in USA by Palgrave Macmillan, [2007]

Summary:

The majority of scholarly and activist opinion by and about Indigenous women claims that feminism is irrelevant for them. Yet there is also an articulate, theoretically informed and activist constituency that identifies as feminist. This book is by and about Indigenous feminists, whose work demonstrates a powerful and original intellectual and political contribution demonstrating that feminism has much to offer Indigenous women in their struggles against oppression and for equality. Indigenous feminism is international in its scope: the contributors here are from Canada, the USA, Sapmi (Samiland), and Aotearoa/New Zealand. The chapters include theoretical contributions, stories of political activism, and deeply personal accounts of developing political consciousness as Aboriginal feminists.

Contents:

Introduction - Indigenous Feminism: From Symposium to Book / Joyce Green 14

1 Taking Account of Aboriginal Feminism / Joyce Green 20

Locating Aboriginal Feminism 21

Deploying Aboriginal Feminism 23

Disciplining Aboriginal Feminists 24

The Power of Aboriginal Feminism 25

What about Traditions? 26

Feminists and Activists 28

2 Feminism is for Everybody: Aboriginal Women, Feminism and Diversity / Verna St. Denis 33

Historicizing and Defining Feminism 34

Aboriginal Women's Critique of Feminism 36

Reflections 41

Whose Theory and Whose Institutions? 42

Feminist Theory and Practice: Neither Static Nor Homogenous 43

Western Patriarchy: A Problem for Us All 44

Intersection of Race, Class, Nationhood in Feminism 47

3 Metis and Feminist: Ethical Reflections on Feminism, Human Rights and Decolonization / Emma LaRocque 53

Feminism 56

Being Metis 57

Criticism and Feminism 61

4 Myths and Realities of Sami Women: A Post-Colonial Feminist Analysis for the Decolonization and Transformation of Sami Society / Rauna Kuokkanen 72

The Myth of Strong Sami Women 73

Sami Women and Political Participation 76

Sami Women and Traditional Livelihoods 79

Sexual Violence 80

Post-colonial Feminist Analysis and Sami Women 83

5 Native American Feminism, Sovereignty and Social Change / Andrea Smith 93

Native Women and Feminism 93

Native Feminism and Sovereignty 97

Native Feminist Sovereignty Projects 100

Native Feminism and the Nation State 104

6 Gender, Essentialism and Feminism in Samiland / Jorunn Eikjok, translation by Gunhild Hoogensen 108

Gender and Changes 108

New Cultural Expressions and Contradictions 109

Gender and Modern Sami Society 110

Gender in Indigenous Society 113

Feminism and Indigenous Peoples 114

Mother Earth Ideology and the Notion of the Feminine 117

A New Relationship between the Feminine and Masculine 118

7 Practising Indigenous Feminism: Resistance to Imperialism / Makere Stewart-Harawira 124

Writing as Politics 125

Imperialist Terrorism in Our Time 129

Capitalism, Domination and the Subjugation of the Feminine 132

Alternative Politics 134

Standing at the Juncture 135

8 Balancing Strategies: Aboriginal Women and Constitutional Rights in Canada / Joyce Green 140

Confronting Colonial Power Relations 143

Engaging the Constitution 145

Charter Litigation for Aboriginal Women 149

9 Looking Back, Looking Forward / Shirley Green 160

10 Maori Women and Leadership in Aotearoa/New Zealand / Kathie Irwin 174

Toi Wahine: The Worlds of Maori Women 174

The Maori Renaissance 175

Maori Women Leading Maori Education 176

Maori Women and Leadership 181

11 Yes, My Daughters, We are Cherokee Women / Denise K. Henning 187

Women as History and Feminism 188

The Colonizers 191

Sexism and Being "Civilized" 194

Cherokee Women and Feminism 195

A Cherokee Woman's View 196

Full Circle 197

12 Culturing Politics and Politicizing Culture / Shirley Bear 199

Images on Words 199

Women's Ceremony 206

Fragile Freedoms 210

Yesterday 213

13 My Hometown Northern Canada South Africa / Emma LaRocque 216

14 Aboriginal Feminist Action on Violence Against Women / Tina Beads, Rauna Kuokkanen 221

Becoming Political 222

Combating Violence against Women 224

Indian Status and the Indian Act 224

Restorative Justice and Wife Battering 225

Educating and Empowering Women 226

Feminist Analysis, Women's Empowerment and Culture 226

Justice for Aboriginal Women Is a Template for Justice for All Women 228

Considering Equality 229

The Personal Is Political 230

15 Colleen Glenn: A Metis Feminist in Indian Rights for Indian Women, 1973-1979 / Colleen Glenn, Joyce Green 233

16 Sharon Mcivor: Woman of Action / Sharon McIvor, Rauna Kuokkanen 241.

Notes:

Includes essays, biographies, interviews, and poetry.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781552662205

1552662209

9781842779293

184277929X

9781842779408

1842779400

OCLC:

75811391