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Not sacred, not squaws : Indigenous feminism redefined / Cherry Smiley.

By: Publisher: North, Geelong, Vic. : Spinifex Press, 2023Copyright date: ©2023Description: xi, 257 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781925950649
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 305.42089 23/eng/20230330
Summary: Incorporating first-hand prostitution research done in New Zealand and across Canada and questioning her own uncritical acceptance of the historical social and political status of Indigenous women in Canada, Cherry Smiley has looked at the roles of culture and tradition in the oppression of Indigenous women, and has constructed a decolonizing feminist methodology in the process. This work troubles the very concepts of 'colonisation' and 'feminism' as we currently understand them. In Not Sacred, Not Squaws, Cherry Smiley redefines colonisation and situates decolonizing feminism as distinct and foundational as opposed to separate and different components of the Women's Liberation Movement.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book Jessie Street National Women's Library General Stacks 305.42089 SMI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available for reference in the library 90646

Includes bibliographical references.

Incorporating first-hand prostitution research done in New Zealand and across Canada and questioning her own uncritical acceptance of the historical social and political status of Indigenous women in Canada, Cherry Smiley has looked at the roles of culture and tradition in the oppression of Indigenous women, and has constructed a decolonizing feminist methodology in the process. This work troubles the very concepts of 'colonisation' and 'feminism' as we currently understand them. In Not Sacred, Not Squaws, Cherry Smiley redefines colonisation and situates decolonizing feminism as distinct and foundational as opposed to separate and different components of the Women's Liberation Movement.

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