Theorizing Aboriginal feminisms

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dc.contributor.authorPhillips, Crystal H
dc.contributor.supervisorFiske, Jo-Anne
dc.date.accessioned2012-09-20T18:12:53Z
dc.date.available2012-09-20T18:12:53Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.degree.levelMasters
dc.descriptionix, 142 leaves ; 29 cmen_US
dc.description.abstractIncreasingly, Aboriginal women engage with feminist theory and forms of activism to carve their own space and lay a foundation for an Aboriginal feminism. I compile prominent writings of female Aboriginal authors to identify emerging theoretical strains that centre on decolonization as both theory and methodology. Aboriginal women position decolonization strategies against the intersectionality of race and sex oppression within a colonial context, which they term patriarchal colonialism. They challenge forms of patriarchal colonialism that masquerade as Aboriginal tradition and function to silence and exclude Aboriginal women from sovereignty and leadership spheres. By recalling and reclaiming the pre-colonial Aboriginal principle of egalitarianism, which included women within these spheres, they are positioned to create a hybrid feminism that locates egalitarianism within a contemporary and relevant context by combining it with human rights. In this way, Aboriginal feminism balances culture and tradition with principles of individual and collective rights.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/3120
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherLethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Dept. of Women's Studies, c2012en_US
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Women's Studiesen_US
dc.publisher.facultyArts and Scienceen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesThesis (University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science)en_US
dc.subjectIndigenous women -- Canadaen_US
dc.subjectFeminism -- Indigenous influencesen_US
dc.subjectIndigenous women -- Political activity -- Canadaen_US
dc.subjectFeminist theory -- Canadaen_US
dc.subjectDissertations, Academicen_US
dc.titleTheorizing Aboriginal feminismsen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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