Women's rights in Native North America : legal mobilization in the US and Canada / Judith H. Aks.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Aks, Judith H.

Series:

Law and society (New York, N.Y.)

Law and society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indian women--Legal status, laws, etc--United States.

Indian women.

Women's rights--United States.

Women's rights.

Indian women--Legal status, laws, etc--Canada.

Women's rights--Canada.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 241 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Aks's analysis of marrying out cases--when indigenous women marry outside of their tribe--in the United States and Canada examines how indigenous women mobilize the law. By marrying out of their tribes/bands, these women either lose their Indian status or are unable to pass such status on to their children, and they have few legal tools that encompass their unique identities. The book concludes that the impact of indigenous women's legal mobilization should be assessed in terms of the potential for future democratic participation. Legal mobilization helps tame the effects of intersectional power only if it provides indigenous women new opportunities to redefine rights.

Contents:

Indigenous women's legal mobilization

"Marrying out" in the US

"Marrying out" in Canada : part I

"Marrying out" in Canada : part II

Comparing the US and Canadian cases

Legal mobilization at the intersections of power.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-237) and index.

ISBN:

1-59332-113-9

OCLC:

232158257