Unsettled Pasts - Reconceiving the West through Women's History (Paperback)

The traditional mythology of the West is dominated by male images: the fur trader, the Mountie, the missionary, the miner, the cowboy, the politician, the Chief. Unsettled Pasts: Reconceiving the West claims to re-examine the West through women's eyes. It draws together contributions from researchers, scholars, and academic and community activists, and seeks to create dialogue across geographic, cultural, and disciplinary boundaries. Ranging from scholarly essays to poetry, these pieces offer the reader a sample of some of today's most innovative approaches to western Canadian women's history; several of the themes that run throughout the volume have only recently been critically addressed. By rewriting the West from the perspective of women, the contributors complicate traditional narratives of the region's past by contesting historical generalizations, thus transcending the myths and "frontier" legacies that emerged out of imperial and masculine priorities and perspectives. With Contributions by: Kristin Burnett Cristine Georgina Bye Sarah Carter Mary Leah De Zwart Lesley A. Erickson Cheryl Foggo Nadine I. Kozak Siri Louie Graham A. Macdonald Florence Melchior Patricia A. Roome Eliane Leslau Silverman Olive Stickney Aritha Van Herk Muriel Stanley Venne Cora J. Voyageur

General

Imprint:	University of Calgary Press
Country of origin:	Canada
Release date:	December 2005
First published:	December 2005
Contributors:	Nadine I. Kozak • Siri Louie • Graham A MacDonald • Florence Melchior • Patricia A. Roome • Eliane Leslau Silverman • Olive Stickney • Aritha Van Herk • Muriel Stanley Venne
Editors:	Sarah Carter
Dimensions:	228 x 152 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	432
ISBN-13:	978-1-55238-177-9
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
LSN:	1-55238-177-3
Barcode:	9781552381779

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