Paperback, 246 pages
English language
Published May 30, 2005 by South End Press.
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"In this revolutionary text, prominent Native American studies scholar and activist Andrea Smith reveals the connections between different forms of violence -- perpetrated by the state and by society at large -- and documents their impact on Native women. Beginning with the impact of the abuses inflicted on Native American children at state-sanctioned boarding schools from the 1880s to the 1980s, Smith adroitly expands our conception of violence to include the widespread appropriation of Indian cultural practices by whites and other non-Natives; environmental racism; and population control. Smith deftly connects these and other examples of historical and contemporary colonialism to the high rates of violence against Native American women -- the most likely to suffer from poverty-related illness and to survive rape and partner abuse. Smith also outlines radical and innovative strategies for eliminating gendered violence"--Back cover.
Subjects
- Social conditions
- Women's Studies - General
- North America
- Ethnic Studies - Native American Studies
- Social Science
- Ethnic Issues
- Violence in Society
- Sociology
- Social Science / Native American Studies
- Multicultural Education
- Colonization
- Crimes against
- Indian women