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Indigenous women and work : from labor to activism

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  • Other Name

    Indigenous women and work : from labour to activism (Alternate title)

  • Description

    "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."--Publisher's website.

  • Place
    Chicago, Illinois, United States Springfield, New Zealand Urbana, Illinois, United States
  • Other Id

    HQ1381 IND (Library of Congress Call Number)

    83552 (Cat ID)

    83524 (Presto content ID)

  • Department

    Publications

Images and documents

Catalogue

  • Object Type

    book

  • Name/Title
    Indigenous women and work : from labor to activism
  • Other Name

    Indigenous women and work : from labour to activism (Alternate title)

  • Primary Maker

    Carol Williams (Editor of compilation)

  • Contributor/Publisher
    University of Illinois Press
  • Place
    Chicago, Illinois, United States Springfield, New Zealand Urbana, Illinois, United States
  • Date
    2012?
  • Physical Description

    xiv, 299 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

  • ISBN/ISSN
    9780252037153
    9780252078682
    9780252094262
  • Level of Current Record
    Bib record
  • Member Object

    1 item in this collection. View all items.

  • Subject Category

    Indigenous women--Employment

  • Content
    1. Aboriginal women and work across the 49th parallel: historical antecedents and new challenges / Joan Sangster
    2. Making a living: Anishinaabe women in Michigan's changing economy / Alice Littlefield
    3. Procuring passage: Southern Australian Aboriginal women and the early maritime industry of sealing / Lynette Russell
    4. The contours of agency: women's work, race, and Queensland's indentured labour trade / Tracey Banivanua Mar
    5. From "Superabundance" to dependency: women agriculturalists and the negotiation of colonialism and capitalism for reservation-era Lummi / Chris Friday
    6. "We were real skookum women": the shishalh economy and the logging industry on the Pacific Northwest Coast / Susan Roy and Ruth Taylor
    7. Unravelling the narratives of nostalgia: Navajo weavers and globalization / Kathy M'Closkey
    8. Labour and leisure in the "Enchanted Summer Land": Anishinaabe women's work and the growth of Wisconsin tourism, 1900-1940 / Melissa Rohde
    9. Nimble fingers and strong backs: First Nations and Metis women in fur trade and rural economies / Sherry Farrell Racette
    10. Northfork Mono Women's agricultural work, "productive coexistence," and social well-being in the San Joaquin Valley, California, circa 1850-1950 / Heather A. Howard
    11. Diverted mothering among American Indian domestic servants, 1920-1940 / Margaret D. Jacobs
    12. Charity or industry? American Indian women and work relief in the New Deal era / Colleen O'Neill
    13. "An Indian teacher among Indians": Native women as Federal employees / Cathleen D. Cahill
    14. "Assaulting the ears of Government": The Indian Homemakers' Clubs and the Maori Women's Welfare League in their formative years / Aroha Harris and Mary Jane Logan McCallum
    15. Politically purposeful work: Ojibwe women's labour and leadership in postwar Minneapolis / Brenda J. Child
    16. Maori sovereignty, black feminism, and the New Zealand trade union movement / Cybele Locke
    17. Beading lesson / Beth H. Piatote.
  • Public Access Text

    Includes bibliographical references and index.

  • Collection Type
    Reading Room
  • Copyright
    All rights reserved
  • Last Update
    19 Dec 2023
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