Violence Against Indigenous Women : Literature, Activism, Resistance /

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Violence against Indigenous women in Canada is an ongoing crisis, with roots deep in the nation's colonial history. Despite numerous policies and programs developed to address the issue, Indigenous women continue to be targeted for violence at disproportionate rates. What insights can literatur...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Hargreaves, Allison, 1981- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2017
Series:Indigenous studies series.
Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Feminism > Canada > Case studies.
Indian women activists > Canada > Case studies.
Indian women > Violence against > Canada > Case studies.
Indians in literature.
Violence in literature.
Storytelling > Social aspects > Canada.
Canadian literature > 21st century > History and criticism.
Canadian literature > Women authors > History and criticism.
Canadian literature > Indian authors > History and criticism.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : violence against indigenous women : representation and resistance
  • Finding Dawn and the Missing Women Commission of Inquiry : story-based methods in anti-violence research and remembrance
  • Narrative appeals : the Stolen sisters report and storytelling in activist discourse and poetry
  • Compelling disclosures : storytelling in feminist anti-violence discourse and indigeonous women's memoir
  • Recognition, remembrance, and redress : the politics of memorialization in the cases of Helen Betty Osborne and Anna Mae Pictou-Aquash
  • Conclusion : thinking beyond the national inquiry : A red girl's reasoning.

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