Conquest : sexual violence and American Indian genocide / Andrea Smith.

Author/creator Smith, Andrea, 1966-
Format Book
Publication InfoCambridge, MA : South End Press, ©2005.
Descriptionxviii, 246 pages ; 22 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects
Indian women--Crimes against. --North America.
Indian women--Colonization. --North America.
Indian women--North America. --Social conditions.
Indians, Treatment of--North America. --History.
Violence--North America.
North America--Race relations.
North America--Politics and government.

Contents Introduction -- Sexual violence as a tool of genocide -- Boarding school abuses and the case for reparations -- Rape of the land -- "Better dead than pregnant" : the colonization of Native womens' reproductive health -- "Natural laboratories" : medical experimentation in Native communities -- Spiritual appropriation as sexual violence -- Anticolonial responses to gender violence -- U.S. empire and the war against Native sovereignty.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 193-229) and index.
LCCN 2004030398
ISBN0896087441 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0896087433 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks E98.W8 S62 2005 ✔ Available Place Hold