Carrying the Burden of Peace: Reimagining Indigenous Masculinities Through Story (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780816537037)

Can a critical examination of Indigenous masculinities be an honor song--one that celebrates, rather than pathologizes; one that seeks diversity and strength; one that overturns heteropatriarchy without centering settler colonialism? Can a critical examination of Indigenous masculinities even be creative, inclusive, erotic?

Sam McKegney answers affirmatively. Countering the perception that masculinity has been so contaminated as to be irredeemable, the book explores Indigenous literary art for understandings of masculinity that exceed the impoverished inheritance of colonialism.

Carrying the Burden of Peace weaves together stories of Indigenous life, love, eroticism, pain, and joy to map the contours of diverse, empowered, and non-dominant Indigenous masculinities. It is from here that a more balanced world may be pursued.


Author: Sam McKegney
ISBN-10: 0816537038
ISBN-13: 9780816537037
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Language: English
Published: 04/27/2021
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.70d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 01/01/2022