Understanding Indigenous Gender Relations and Violence: Becoming Gender Awake

by Catherine E. McKinley

Book Overview

This book focuses on the inequities that are persistently and disproportionately severe for Indigenous peoples. Gender and racial based inequities span from the home life to Indigenous women's wellness-including physical, mental, and social health. The conundrum of how and why Indigenous women-many of whom historically held respected and even held sacred status in many matrilineal and female-centered communities-now experience the highest rates...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 303118582X
• ISBN13: 9783031185823
• Release Date: January 2023
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 395 Pages
• Weight: 1.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"