Colonialism, gender and the family in North America: for a gendered analysis of indigenous struggles
This paper explores the case for a feminist, gendered analysis of anti‐colonial Indigenous struggles in two stages: It considers the historical and contemporary relationship between colonialism and gender, moving from pre‐colonial Indigenous life through colonisation and assimilation to explore Indi...
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ftunivsussex:oai:sro.sussex.ac.uk:77108 2023-07-30T04:04:31+02:00 Colonialism, gender and the family in North America: for a gendered analysis of indigenous struggles Leigh, Darcy 2009-05-28 http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/77108/ https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1754-9469.2009.01029.x unknown Wiley Leigh, Darcy (2009) Colonialism, gender and the family in North America: for a gendered analysis of indigenous struggles. Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, 9 (1). pp. 70-88. ISSN 1473-8481 Article PeerReviewed 2009 ftunivsussex https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1754-9469.2009.01029.x 2023-07-11T20:39:05Z This paper explores the case for a feminist, gendered analysis of anti‐colonial Indigenous struggles in two stages: It considers the historical and contemporary relationship between colonialism and gender, moving from pre‐colonial Indigenous life through colonisation and assimilation to explore Indigenous life today. It then discusses the problems and possibilities that the intersection of colonial power and gender presents for Indigenous struggles. The paper focuses on Indigenous communities in North America, engaging in particular with Inuit in Nunavut. It suggests that a gendered analysis is critical to understanding colonial power and is therefore vital to thinking about anti‐colonial Indigenous struggles; that an Indigenous Feminism may be able to move beyond the limits of dominant, Liberal and European feminisms as well as those of Indigenous resistance strategies. Article in Journal/Newspaper inuit Nunavut University of Sussex: Sussex Research Online Nunavut Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism 9 1 70 88 |
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This paper explores the case for a feminist, gendered analysis of anti‐colonial Indigenous struggles in two stages: It considers the historical and contemporary relationship between colonialism and gender, moving from pre‐colonial Indigenous life through colonisation and assimilation to explore Indigenous life today. It then discusses the problems and possibilities that the intersection of colonial power and gender presents for Indigenous struggles. The paper focuses on Indigenous communities in North America, engaging in particular with Inuit in Nunavut. It suggests that a gendered analysis is critical to understanding colonial power and is therefore vital to thinking about anti‐colonial Indigenous struggles; that an Indigenous Feminism may be able to move beyond the limits of dominant, Liberal and European feminisms as well as those of Indigenous resistance strategies. |
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