Mothers of the Nations: Indigenous Mothering as Global Resistance, Reclaiming and Recovery (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781927335451)

The voices of Indigenous women world-wide have long been silenced by colonial oppression and institutions of patriarchal dominance. Recent generations of powerful Indigenous women have begun speaking out so that their positions of respect within their families and communities might be reclaimed. The book explores issues surrounding and impacting Indigenous mothering, family and community in a variety of contexts internationally. The book addresses diverse subjects, including child welfare, Indigenous mothering in curriculum, mothers and traditional foods, intergenerational mothering in the wake of residential schooling, mothering and HIV, urban Indigenous mothering, mothers working the sex trade, adoptive and other mothers, Indigenous midwifery, and more. In addressing these diverse subjects and peoples living in North America, Central America, Sub-Saharan Africa, the Philippines and Oceania, the authors provide a forum to understand the shared interests of Indigenous women across the globe.

Author: Dawn Memee Lavell -. Harvard, Kim Anderson
ISBN-10: 1927335450
ISBN-13: 9781927335451
Publisher: Demeter Press
Language: English
Published: 10/01/2014
Pages: 309
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.70lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.80d