Indigenous Women and Work

From Labor to Activism

Inbunden, Engelska, 2012

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The essays in Indigenous Women and Work create a transnational and comparative dialogue on the history of the productive and reproductive lives and circumstances of Indigenous women from the late nineteenth century to the present in the United States, Australia, New Zealand/Aotearoa, and Canada. Surveying the spectrum of Indigenous women's lives and circumstances as workers, both waged and unwaged, the contributors offer varied perspectives on the ways women's work has contributed to the survival of communities in the face of ongoing tensions between assimilation and colonization. They also interpret how individual nations have conceived of Indigenous women as workers and, in turn, convert these assumptions and definitions into policy and practice. The essays address the intersection of Indigenous, women's, and labor history, but will also be useful to contemporary policy makers, tribal activists, and Native American women's advocacy associations. Contributors are Tracey Banivanua Mar, Marlene Brant Castellano, Cathleen D. Cahill, Brenda J. Child, Sherry Farrell Racette, Chris Friday, Aroha Harris, Faye HeavyShield, Heather A. Howard, Margaret D. Jacobs, Alice Littlefield, Cybèle Locke, Mary Jane Logan McCallum, Kathy M'Closkey, Colleen O'Neill, Beth H. Piatote, Susan Roy, Lynette Russell, Joan Sangster, Ruth Taylor, and Carol Williams.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2012-10-23
Mått:156 x 235 x 28 mm
Vikt:626 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:320
Förlag:University of Illinois Press
ISBN:9780252037153

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Carol Williams is an associate professor of women and gender studies and history at the University of Lethbridge in Alberta, Canada, and the author of Framing the West: Race, Gender and the Photographic Frontier in the Pacific Northwest.

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Innehållsförteckning

CoverTitle PageCopyright PageCONTENTSList of IllustrationsPreface Marlene Brant CastellanoAcknowledgmentsIntroduction Carol Williams1. Aboriginal Women and Work across the 49th Parallel: Historical Antecedents and New Challenges Joa2. Making a Living: Anishinaabe Women in Michigan's Changing Economy Alice Littlefield3. Procuring Passage: Southern Australian Aboriginal Women and the Early Maritime Industry of Sealin4. The Contours of Agency: Women's Work, Race, and Queensland's Indentured Labor Trade Tracey Baniva5. From "Superabundance" to Dependency: Women Agriculturalists and the Negotiation of Colonialism a-6. "We Were Real Skookum Women": The shishalh Economy and the Logging Industry on the Pacific Northw7. Unraveling the Narratives of Nostalgia: Navajo Weavers and Globalization Kathy M'Closkey8. Labor and Leisure in the "Enchanted Summer Land": Anishinaabe Women's Work and the Growth of Wisc9. Nimble Fingers and Strong Backs: First Nations and Métis Women in Fur Trade and Rural Economies S10. Northfork Mono Women's Agricultural Work, "Productive Coexistence," and Social Well-Being in tha11. Diverted Mothering among American Indian Domestic Servants, 1920-1940 Margaret D. Jacobs12. Charity or Industry? American Indian Women and Work Relief in the New Deal Era Colleen O'Neill13. "An Indian Teacher among Indians": Native Women As Federal Employees Cathleen D. Cahill14. "Assaulting the Ears of Government": The Indian Homemakers' Clubs and the Maori Women's Welfare15. Politically Purposeful Work: Ojibwe Women's Labor and Leadership in Postwar Minneapolis Brenda J16. Maori Sovereignty, Black Feminism, and the New Zealand Trade Union Movement Cybèle Locke17. Beading Lesson Beth H. PiatoteContributorsIndex

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