Indigenous Women, Work, and History: 1940-1980 (Critical Studies in Native History)

Type

Book

Authors

Mary Jane Logan McCallum

ISBN 10

0887557384

ISBN 13

9780887557385

Tags

First Nations, Native American, Women in History, Native American Studies, Women's Studies

Description

When dealing with Indigenous women’s history we are conditioned to think about women as private-sphere figures, circumscribed by the home, the reserve, and the community. Moreover, in many ways Indigenous men and women have been cast in static, pre-modern, and one-dimensional identities, and their twentieth century experiences reduced to a singular story of decline and loss. Indigenous Women, Work, and History rejects both of these long-standing conventions by presenting case studies of Indigenous domestic servants, hairdressers, community health representatives, and nurses working in “modern Native ways.” By placing the history of these modern workers within a broader historical context McCallum challenges us to think about Indigenous women’s history in entirely new ways. - from Amzon

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