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Contact zones : Aboriginal and settler women in Canada's colonial past /
"Contact Zones" locates Canadian women's history within colonial and imperial systems. As both colonizer and colonized (sometimes simultaneously), women were uniquely positioned at the axis of the colonial encounter -- the so-called "contact zone" -- between Aboriginals and...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Vancouver, BC :
UBC Press,
2014.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "Contact Zones" locates Canadian women's history within colonial and imperial systems. As both colonizer and colonized (sometimes simultaneously), women were uniquely positioned at the axis of the colonial encounter -- the so-called "contact zone" -- between Aboriginals and newcomers. Some women were able to transgress the bounds of social expectation, while others reluctantly conformed to them. Aboriginal women such as E. Pauline Johnson, Bernice Loft, and Ethel Brant Monture shaped identities for themselves in both worlds. By recognizing the necessity to "perform," they enchanted and educated white audiences across Canada. On the other side of the coin, newcomers imposed increasing regulation on Aboriginal women's bodies. Aboriginal women were expected to consent to moral, sexual, and marital rules that white women were already beginning to contest. This volume draws upon a vast array of primary sources to provide insight into the ubiquity and persistence of colonial discourse, and to demonstrate how it ultimately was an embodied experience. Above all, it shows how the colonial enterprise was about embodied contacts. What bodies belonged inside the nation, who were outsiders, and who transgressed the rules--these are the questions at the heart of this provocative book. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 308 pages) : illustrations, map, black and white photographs |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references at chapter ends, and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780774851688 0774851686 |