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Indigenous American women : decolonization, empowerment, activism / Devon Abbott Mihesuah.

Mihesuah, Devon A. (Devon Abbott), 1957- (author.).

Summary:

Looks at the evolving identities of American Indigenous women today, their ongoing struggles against a centuries-old legacy of colonial disempowerment, and how they are seen and portrayed by themselves and others. This title examines how American Indigenous women have perceived and depicted by non-Natives, including scholars, and by themselves.

Record details

ISBN: 0803232276 (hardcover)
ISBN: 0803282869 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Physical Description: xxii, 246 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Publisher: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2003]
Copyright: ©2003

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-236) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

pt. 1. Research and writing -- ch. 1. A few cautions on the merging of feminist studies with indigenous women's studies -- ch. 2. Writing about Anna Mae Pictou-Aquash -- ch. 3. Review of Ian Frazier's On the Rez -- ch. 4. Comments on Linda McCarriston's "Indian Girls" -- ch. 5. In the trenches of academia -- pt. 2. Colonailism and native women -- ch. 6. Colonialism and disempowerment -- ch. 7. Culturalism and racism at the Cherokee Female Seminary -- ch. 8. Finding a modern American indigenous female identity -- pt. 3. Activists and feminists -- ch. 9. 1970s Activist Anna Mae Pictou-Aquash -- ch. 10. Interview with Denise Maloney-Pictou and Deborah Maloney-Pictou -- ch. 11. Activism and expression as empowerment -- ch. 12. Feminists, tribalists, or activists?