Masculindians : conversations about Indigenous manhood

McKegney, Sam 1976- (author, interviewer .).

Summary: "Between October 2010 and May 2013, Sam McKegney conducted interviews with leading Indigenous artists, critics, activists, and elders on the subject of Indigenous manhood. In offices, kitchens, and coffee shops, and once in a car driving down the 401, McKegney and his participants tackled crucial questions about masculine self-worth and how to foster balanced and empowered gender relations." - publisher's website

Record details

ISBN: 9780887557620 (softcover)
Physical Description: 248 pages ; 23 cm
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Publisher: Winnipeg, MB : University of Manitoba Press, [2014]
Copyright: ©2014

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

PART ONE: WISDOM, KNOWLEDGE, IMAGINATION: WHERE ARE THE MEN? -- REPAIRING THE CIRCLE -- THIS IS A VISION -- YOUNG MEN OF GOOD WILL -- A CALM SENSUALITY -- CARRYING THE BURDEN OF PEACE -- A MAN BESIDE MY FATHER -- PART TWO: WISDOM, KNOWLEDGE, IMAGINATION: REIMAGINING WARRIORHOOD -- REMEMBERING THE SACREDNESS OF MEN -- EMBODIED MASCULINITY AND SPORT -- TALKING STORY, REMAKING COMMUNITY -- OUR BODIES, OUR NATIONS -- CHANGING THE SCRIPT -- FIGHTING SHAME THROUGH LOVE -- PART THREE: WISDOM, KNOWLEDGE, IMAGINATION: DEEPER THAN A BLOOD TIE -- MANHOOD THROUGH VULNERABILITY -- AFFIRMING PROTECTORSHIP -- INTO THE TRIBE OF MAN -- INTIMATE LIKE MUSCLE AND BONE -- TENDING THE FIRE -- A LIBERATION THROUGH CLAIMING