Topics In Anthropology (390-0-35)

Topic

Native/Indigenous Feminist Theory

Instructors

Megan Baker

Meeting Info

Locy Hall 109: Thurs 2:00PM - 4:50PM

Overview of class

While the field of study known as Native/Indigenous feminisms is a more recent development, Native women have long articulated trenchant critiques of settler colonialism since its arrival in North America. Consequently, Native/Indigenous feminist theories are key to understanding settler colonial societies like the United States and Canada. By analytically centering Indigenous sovereignty and being attentive to the ways that gender and sexuality are deployed to dispossess Indigenous peoples of their lands and politics, Native/Indigenous feminist theory provides powerful avenues for decolonization and liberation. This course will follow the historical development of Native/Indigenous feminist writing and theory as well as read key texts.

Class Materials (Required)

Belcourt, Billy-Ray. 2019. This Wound Is a World. University of Minnesota Press. 9781517908454

Deer, Sarah. 2015. The Beginning and End of Rape: Confronting Sexual Violence in Native America. University of Minnesota Press. 0816696330

Maracle, Lee. 1996. I Am Woman: A Native Perspective on Sociology and Feminism. 2nd edition. Press Gang Publishers. 9780889740594

Miranda, Deborah A. 2024. Bad Indians: A Tribal Memoir (Expanded Edition). Heyday. 9781597146289

Trask, Haunani-Kay. 1999. From a Native Daughter: Colonialism and Sovereignty in Hawaii. Revised edition. Latitude 20. 9780824820596

Enrollment Requirements

Enrollment Requirements: Reserved for Anthropology majors and minors until the end of preregistration, after which time enrollment will be open to everyone who has taken the prerequisites.
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