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Can the specific concerns of Indigenous women be addressed within
current mainstream feminist and post-colonial discussions?
Indigenous Women and Feminism: Politics, Activism, Culture proposes
that a dynamic new line of inquiry -- Indigenous feminism -- is
necessary to truly engage with the crucial issues of cultural
identity, nationalism, and decolonization particular to Indigenous
contexts. Through the lenses of politics, activism, and culture,
this wide-ranging collection examines the historical roles of
Indigenous women, their intellectual and activist work, and the
relevance of contemporary literature, art, and performance for an
emerging Indigenous feminist project. The questions at the heart of
these essays -- What is at stake in conceptualizing Indigenous
feminism? How does feminism relate to Indigenous claims to land and
sovereignty? What lessons can we learn from the past? How do
Indigenous women engage ongoing violence and social and political
marginalization? -- cross disciplinary, national, academic, and
activist boundaries to explore deeply the unique political and
social positions of Indigenous women. A vital and sophisticated
discussion that will change the way we think about modern feminism,
Indigenous Women and Feminism will be invaluable to scholars,
activists, artists, community organizers, and those concerned with
Indigenous and feminist issues at home and abroad.
Can the specific concerns of Indigenous women be addressed within
current mainstream feminist and post-colonial discussions?
Indigenous Women and Feminism: Politics, Activism, Culture proposes
that a dynamic new line of inquiry -- Indigenous feminism -- is
necessary to truly engage with the crucial issues of cultural
identity, nationalism, and decolonization particular to Indigenous
contexts. Through the lenses of politics, activism, and culture,
this wide-ranging collection examines the historical roles of
Indigenous women, their intellectual and activist work, and the
relevance of contemporary literature, art, and performance for an
emerging Indigenous feminist project. The questions at the heart of
these essays -- What is at stake in conceptualizing Indigenous
feminism? How does feminism relate to Indigenous claims to land and
sovereignty? What lessons can we learn from the past? How do
Indigenous women engage ongoing violence and social and political
marginalization -- cross disciplinary, national, academic, and
activist boundaries to explore deeply the unique political and
social positions of Indigenous women. A vital and sophisticated
discussion that will change the way we think about modern feminism,
Indigenous Women and Feminism will be invaluable to scholars,
activists, artists, community organizers, and those concerned with
Indigenous and feminist issues at home and abroad.
Working Memory: Women and Work in World War II speaks to the work
women did during the war: the labour of survival, resistance, and
collaboration, and the labour of recording, representing, and
memorializing these wartime experiences. The contributors follow
their subjects' tracks and deepen our understanding of the
experiences from the imprints left behind. These efforts are a part
of the making of history, and when the process is as personal as
many of our contributors' research has been, it is also the working
of memory. The implication here is that memory is intimate, and
that the layering of narrative fragments that recovery involves
brings us in touching distance to ourselves. These are not the
stories of the brave little woman at home; they are stories of the
woman who calculated the main chance and took up with the Nazi
soldier, or who eagerly dropped the apron at the door and picked up
a paintbrush, or who brazenly bargained for her life and her
mother's with the most feared of tyrants. These are stories of
courage and sometimes of compromise - not the courage of bravado
and hype and big guns, but rather the courage of hard choices and
sacrifices that make sense of the life given, even when that life
seems only madness. Working Memory brings scholarly attention to
the roles of women in World War II that have been hidden, masked,
undervalued, or forgotten.
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