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
Chapter 1 Making Matriarchs at Coqualeetza: Stó:lō Women's Politics and Histories across Generations
Chapter 2 Sami Feminist Moments: Decolonization and Indigenous Feminism
Chapter 3 'It Just Piles On, and Piles On, and Piles On:' Young Indigenous Women and the Colonial Imagination
Chapter 4 'Making an honest effort': Indian Homemakers' Clubs and Complex Settler Engagements
Chapter 5 Reclaiming Traditional Gender Roles: A Two-spirit Critique
Chapter 6 Reading Chrystos for Feminisms that Honour Two-Spirit Erotics
Chapter 7 Naawenangweyaabeg Coming In: Intersections of Indigenous Sexuality and Spirituality
Chapter 8 Morning Star, Sun, and Moon Share the Sky: (Re)membering Two-spirit Identity through Culture-Centered HIV Prevention Curriculum for Indigenous Youth
Chapter 9 Honouring our Great-Grandmothers: Or, an Ode to the Urban Indigenous Feminists 'who didn't take shit from nobody!'
Chapter 10 on anishinaabe parental kinship with black girl life: 21st century ([de]colonial) turtle island
Chapter 11 Towards an Indigenous Relational Aesthetics: Making Native Love
Chapter 12 Conversations on Indigenous Feminism
