Full Description
Over the past thirty years, a strong canon of Indigenous feminist literature has addressed how Indigenous women are uniquely and dually affected by colonialism and patriarchy. Indigenous women have long recognized that their intersectional realities were not represented in mainstream feminism, which was principally white, middle-class, and often ignored realities of colonialism. As Indigenous feminist ideals grew, Indigenous women became increasingly multi-vocal, with multiple and oppositional understandings of what constituted Indigenous feminism and whether or not it was a useful concept. Emerging from these dialogues are conversations from a new generation of scholars, activists, artists, and storytellers who accept the usefulness of Indigenous feminism and seek to broaden the concept.
In Good Relation captures this transition and makes sense of Indigenous feminist voices that are not necessarily represented in existing scholarship. There is a need to further Indigenize our understandings of feminism and to take the scholarship beyond a focus on motherhood, life history, or legal status (in Canada) to consider the connections between Indigenous feminisms, Indigenous philosophies, the environment, kinship, violence, and Indigenous Queer Studies. Organized around the notion of 'generations,' this collection brings into conversation new voices of Indigenous feminist theory, knowledge, and experience. Taking a broad and critical interpretation of Indigenous feminism, it depicts how an emerging generation of artists, activists, and scholars are envisioning and invigorating the strength and power of Indigenous women.
Contents
Introduction
The Uninvited Us
Ch. 1 Making Matriarchs at Coqualeetza: Stó:lō Women's Politics and Histories across Generations
Ch. 2 Sami Feminist Moments: Decolonization and Indigenous Feminism
Ch. 3 It Just Piles On, and Piles On, and Piles On: Young Indigenous Women and the Colonial Imagination
Ch. 4 Making an honest effort: Indian Homemakers' Clubs and Complex Settler Engagements
Ch. 5 Reclaiming Traditional Gender Roles: A Two-spirit Critique
Ch. 6 Reading Chrystos for Feminisms that Honour Two-Spirit Erotics
Ch. 7 Naawenangweyaabeg Coming In: Intersections of Indigenous Sexuality and Spirituality
Ch. 8 Morning Star, Sun, and Moon Share the Sky: (Re)membering Two-spirit Identity through Culture-Centered HIV Prevention Curriculum for Indigenous Youth
Ch. 9 Native-Woman-Trans: An Essay on the Afterlife and Prison Abolition in Seven Parts
Ch. 10 Honouring our Great-Grandmothers: Or, an Ode to the Urban Indigenous Feminists who didn't take shit from nobody!
Ch. 11 on anishinaabe parental kinship with black girl life: 21st century ([de]colonial) turtle island
Ch. 12 Towards an Indigenous Relational Aesthetics: Making Native Love
Ch. 13 Conversations on Indigenous Feminism
