Gender and rights / edited by G.N. Devy.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Devy, G. N., 1950- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indigenous women--Social conditions.

Indigenous women.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 216 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York, New York : Routledge, [2020]

Summary:

This book deals with the two key concepts of gender and rights of the indigenous people from all continents of the world. It looks at issues of indigenous human rights, gender justice, repression, resistance, resurgence and government policies in Canada, Latin America, North America, Australia, India, Brazil, South East Asia and Africa.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Series

Title

Copyright

Contents

List of contributors

Preface

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1 Writing and re­writing indigenous human rights in the African laboratory

2 Indigenous rights in Latin America: repression, resistance, resurgence

3 Gender justice and indigenous women in Latin America

4 Gender in North America

5 Indigenous human rights in Canada

6 Constitutional geographies and cartographies of impunity: human rights and adivasis/tribes in contemporary India

7 Empowerment: Gaddi women of Himachal Pradesh, India

8 Gender in Australian indigenous literature and Maori and Pacific Island literatures

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-367-26216-9

1-000-17722-X

9780367262167

OCLC:

1197665786