A Recognition of Being, 2nd Edition

2. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-0-88961-579-3
Verlag: Canadian Scholars' Press Inc.

Buch, Englisch, 360 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 522 g

Over 15 years ago, Kim Anderson set out to explore how Indigenous womanhood had been constructed and reconstructed in Canada, weaving her own journey as a Cree/Métis woman with the insights, knowledge, and stories of the forty Indigenous women she interviewed. The result was A Recognition of Being, a powerful work that identified both the painful legacy of colonialism and the vital potential of self-definition.In this second edition, Anderson revisits her groundbreaking text to include recent literature on Indigenous feminism and two-spirited theory and to document the efforts of Indigenous women to resist heteropatriarchy. Beginning with a look at the positions of women in traditional Indigenous societies and their status after colonization, this text shows how Indigenous women have since resisted imposed roles, reclaimed their traditions, and reconstructed a powerful Native womanhood.Featuring a new foreword by Maria Campbell and an updated closing dialogue with Bonita Lawrence, this revised edition will be a vital text for courses in women and gender studies and Indigenous studies as well as an important resource for anyone committed to the process of decolonization.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Anderson, Kim

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Foreword, Maria Campbell
- Preface to the New Edition
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I: Setting Out
- Chapter 1: Story of the Storyteller
- Chapter 2: Working with Notions of Tradition and Culture
- Chapter 3: Literary and Oral Resources
- Part II: Looking Back: The Colonization Of Native Womanhood
- Chapter 4: The Dismantling of Gender Equity
- Chapter 5: Marriage, Divorce and Family Life
- Chapter 6: The Construction of a Negative Identity
- Part III: Resist
- Chapter 7: Foundations of Resistance
- Chapter 8: Acts of Resistance
- Chapter 9: Attitudes of Resistance
- Part IV: Reclaim
- Chapter 10: Our Human Relations
- Chapter 11: Relating to Creation
- Part V: Construct
- Chapter 12: The Individual
- Chapter 13: Family
- Chapter 14: Community and Nation
- Chapter 15: Creation
- Part VI: Act
- Chapter 16: Nurturing Self
- Chapter 17: Nurturing the Future
- Part VII: Pause/Reflect
- Concluding Dialogue, Kim Anderson and Bonita Lawrence
- Participant Biographies
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index

Über Autor(innen)

Kim Anderson is an Associate Professor in the Department of Indigenous Studies at Wilfrid Laurier University. She has published over thirty book chapters and journal articles and is also the principal investigator for two SSHRC research projects: Bidwewidam Indigenous Masculinities (2011-2014) and Indigenous Knowledge Translation in Urban Aboriginal Settings (2014-2017). Anderson is a long-standing advocate for Indigenous women and families and is regularly involved in community-based research and teaching in this area.