Issues of Tension: Aboriginal Women and Western Feminism
Western feminism has been used by Aboriginal and Métis women to assert their gender rights within Aboriginal cultures. However, issues of what exactly Aboriginal women’s issues are, and who gets to discuss them is under contention. Defining Western feminism and Aboriginal women’s exclusion from it,...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2011
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Religious studies and theology
Year: 2011, Volume: 30, Issue: 2, Pages: 209-233 |
| Further subjects: | B
Aboriginal feminism
B Aboriginal cultural identity B Indian Act-legislation B western feminism |
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| Summary: | Western feminism has been used by Aboriginal and Métis women to assert their gender rights within Aboriginal cultures. However, issues of what exactly Aboriginal women’s issues are, and who gets to discuss them is under contention. Defining Western feminism and Aboriginal women’s exclusion from it, is followed by a discussion on how Aboriginal and Métis women are using Western feminism within various Aboriginal Algonquian cultures to assert their rights and this is building tension between Aboriginal women with a Western feminist view, and traditional Aboriginal women. The focus is largely drawn from my experience in Cree culture, with the broader issue of feminism discussed within the context of Native cultures. |
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| ISSN: | 1747-5414 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Religious studies and theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1558/rsth.v30i2.209 |