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Conquest : Sexual Violence and American Indian Genocide /

"In this revolutionary text, prominent Native American studies scholar and activist Andrea Smith reveals the connections between different forms of violence -- perpetrated by the state and by society at large -- and documents their impact on Native women. Beginning with the impact of the abuses...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Smith, Andrea, 1966- (Auteur)
Autres auteurs: LaDuke, Winona
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: [Durham, NC] : Duke University Press, 2015.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé:"In this revolutionary text, prominent Native American studies scholar and activist Andrea Smith reveals the connections between different forms of violence -- perpetrated by the state and by society at large -- and documents their impact on Native women. Beginning with the impact of the abuses inflicted on Native American children at state-sanctioned boarding schools from the 1880s to the 1980s, Smith adroitly expands our conception of violence to include the widespread appropriation of Indian cultural practices by whites and other non-Natives; environmental racism; and population control. Smith deftly connects these and other examples of historical and contemporary colonialism to the high rates of violence against Native American women -- the most likely to suffer from poverty-related illness and to survive rape and partner abuse. Smith also outlines radical and innovative strategies for eliminating gendered violence"--Back cover.
Description:Foreword statement of responsibility from cover.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (262 pages).
Récompenses:Gustavus Myers Outstand Book Award, 2005
ISBN:9780822374817