Full Description
An Introduction to Indigenous Feminisms introduces important concepts and approaches for understanding what Indigenous feminisms are, why we use the term in plural, and why Indigenous feminisms are not just for academics.
This engaging and accessible textbook, the first of its kind in this subject, provides instructors and students with the historical contexts, analytical tools, and the practice-driven possibilities for creative and epistemic engagement with Indigenous feminist knowledge. Besides including useful pedagogical features, the volume explores:
How Indigenous feminist conversations have evolved
What political practices have developed over time
Stories, theories, and histories about Indigenous women's experiences
An Introduction to Indigenous Feminisms provides students with ways to practice Indigenous ways of thinking, learning, especially those studying Gender Studies, Social and Cultural History, Sociology and Politics.
Contents
Introduction
PART I: Indigenous Ontologies: Epistemologies and Feminisms
1. What Are Indigenous Feminisms?
2. Indigenous Feminist Theories and Methodologies
3. A "Kin"ealogy of Indigenous Feminisms: Stories of Indigenous Feminisms
PART II: The Race-Patriarchy-Colonialism-Capitalism Connection
4. Colonialism, Land, Bodies, and Indigeneity
5. Gender Violence and State Formation
6. Indigenous Sexuality and Relationality
PART III: Indigenous Women's Resistance and Indigenous Feminist Futures
7. Resistance and Refusal
8. Relations with Lands and Waters
9. Visioning Indigenous Feminist Futures
Appendix: The Indigenous Feminist Collective Reading List @indigenousfeminisms
