Queer theorys origin is hard to clearly define, since it came from multiple critical and cultural contexts, including feminism, poststructuralist theory, radical movements of people of color, the gay and lesbian movements, aids activism, many sexual subcultural practices such as sadomasochism, and postcolonialism. Librarians can order print books directly from us at browse by subject. Twospirit also sometimes spelled two spirit or two spirited is a panindigenous term. Often examining the intersection of capitalism, gender, heterosexism and the state, queer theory is constantly seeking to break down norms and question the status quo. Finding articles queer theory libguides at university. Jun 01, 2018 based on the reality that queer indigenous people experience multilayered oppression that profoundly impacts our safety, health, and survival, this book is at once an imagining and an invitation to the reader to join in the discussion of decolonizing queer indigenous research and theory, and by doing so, to partake in allied resistance working. Queer theory is a rapidly growing field in the critical theory tradition. Drawing upon diverse fields ranging from anthropology, gender, sociology, feminism, ethnic and indigenous cultures, this book is a groundbreaking attempt to analyze politicized points intersecting the controversial discourses of queer and indigenous studies. We offer our books in print and electronic formats. Aug 20, 2019 indigenous sexualities defy contemporary lgbt and queer frameworks. So begins this collection examining critical, indigenouscentered approaches to understanding gay, lesbian. Born and raised on the island of maui, she has performed and facilitated creative writing workshops throughout hawai. O so begins this collection examining critical, indigenouscentered approaches to understanding gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer, and twospirit glbtq2 lives. Single titles of duke e books are available from select vendors, including dawson books, ebsco, and proquest.
O so begins this collection examining critical, indigenouscentered approaches to understanding gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer, and twospirit glbtq2 lives and communities and the creative implications of queer theory in native studies. So begins this collection examining critical, indigenous centered approaches to understanding gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer, and twospirit glbtq2 lives and communities and the creative implications of queer theory in native studies. Indigenous resistance is a radical rejection of contemporary colonialism focused around the refusal of the dispossession of both indigenous bodies and land. Twospirit indigenous lgbtq books a list of books by indigenous first nations native american aboriginal metis inuit american indian authors featuring gender and sexual minorities. So, in honor of indigenous peoples day on this here queer spot of the world wide web, lets talk about some lgbtq women, twospirit and agender native american, aboriginal and first nation. Duke university press books are also available through wholesalers and retail booksellers. As we have always done university of minnesota press. Scott lauria morgensen is a gifted writer and scholar with an elegant eye for detailed and nuanced analysis. Using queer and critical indigenous theory, this book critically assesses natal where settlers were to remain a minority in the context of the global settler colonial project in the nineteenth century to yield a new and engaging synthesis. Much like how indigenous feminist theory jumped from a paranoid modality of inquiry, to nod to sedgwick, one bent on diagnosing wounds, to one of repair and futurity, queer indigenous theory is also in a state of flux.
Dec 15, 2016 this last semester in my librarian masters program, i took an amazing class on indigenous childrens and young adult literature. It is with admiration for the groundbreaking work of scott lauria morgensen that i critically engage his work. A keynote on queer colonialism, indigenous queer and transsexual possibility, wiindigo thoery, and feminist ndn visions of the trans feminine body. Queer theory developed out of an examination of perceived limitations in the traditional identity politics of recognition and selfidentity. Interweaving theory, history, and creative work along the metaphor of basket weaving, asegi stories offers a powerful rereading of european colonialism and encourages a reimagination of traditional cherokee gender and sexuality. The handbook of critical methodologies covers everything from the history of critical and indigenous theory and how it came to inform and impact qualitative research and indigenous peoples to the critical constructs themselves, including racediversity, gender representation queer theory, feminism, culture, and politics to the meaning of. Queer indigenous studies book vancouver public library. Corie hammers, macalester college feminist and queer theory moves past the assumptions of a u. The authors may or may not selfidentify as twospirit andor lgbtq. Review of queer indigenous studies unl digital commons. Sedgwick developed along with judith butler, a professor at the university of california, berkley, is a prism through which scholars examine literary texts. Queer theory is a field of critical theory that emerged in the early 1990s out of the fields of queer studies and womens studies. Queer canada conference, brock university a keynote on queer colonialism, indigenous queer and transsexual possibility, wiindigo thoery, and feminist ndn visions of the trans feminine body.
For native studies in particular, queer theory points to the possibility of going beyond representing the voices of native peoples, a project that can quickly become coopted into providing native commodities for consumption in the multicultural academicindustrial complex. This utterly astonishing book imparts the long history of indigenous people, their relatives, and their struggle for liberation against capitalist north americas settler colonial violence. Critical interventions in theory, politics, and literature first peoples. Series qbegan in 1993 just a few years after the oltcited coining of the term queer theory. A landmark study, this new collection consolidates a new wave of critical perspectives that interweave indigenous studies with queer theory. Bringing together the theory and practice of antioppressive research, this text emphasizes the importance. Critical interventions in theory, politics, and literature. Queer history research guide national library of new zealand. Building on queer theory s refusal of sanctity, propriety, and moralisms of all sorts, schotten ultimately contends that the answer to bushs ultimatum is clear.
The handbook of critical methodologies covers everything from the history of critical and indigenous theory and how it came to inform and impact qualitative research and indigenous peoples to the critical constructs themselves, including racediversity, gender representation queer theory, feminism, culture. Building on queer theorys refusal of sanctity, propriety, and moralisms of all sorts, schotten ultimately contends that the answer to bushs ultimatum is clear. For native studies in particular, queer theory points to the possibility of going beyond representing the voices of. The contributors show how gender, sexuality, and feminism work as coproductive forces of native american and indigenous sovereignty, selfdetermination, and epistemology. Danez smith is a queer, poz writer and performer from minnesota. Of course we need more women in indigenous politics.
So begins this collection examining critical, indigenouscentered approaches to understanding gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender. Based on the reality that queer indigenous people experience multilayered oppression that profoundly impacts our safety, health, and survival, this book is at once an imagining and an invitation to the reader to join in the discussion of decolonizing queer indigenous research and theory, and by doing so, to partake in allied resistance working toward positive change. The contemporary television shows of the time exhibited here, such as queer nation 1996 2004, are a great resource, and in particular those with a maori and pasifika focus, like takatapui 2004 2008, the worlds first indigenous queer series, and the drama tala pasifika talk of the town 1995. The book asks lgbtq2 readers, native and nonnative, and their allies to acknowledge the multiple realities of the community. Queer is a methodology of critical thinking that by deconstructing the gender system questions the foundations of the nation and the state. This rethinking of biopolitics puts critical political theory of empire in dialogue with the insights of both native studies and queer theory. Oct 17, 2017 in as we have always done, leanne betasamosake simpson locates indigenous political resurgence as a practice rooted in uniquely indigenous theorizing, writing, organizing, and thinking. Based on the reality that queer indigenous people experience multilayered oppression that profoundly impacts our safety, health, and survival, this book is at once an imagining and an invitation to the reader to join in the discussion of decolonizing queer indigenous research and theory and, by doing so, to partake in allied resistance. The idea that a person is homosexual, for instance, stems from contemporary assumptions of sexual identity and is only possible after the invention of homosexuality katz 2007.
Queer theory includes both queer readings of texts and the theorization of queerness itself. We spoke to a few queer theory aficionados and came up with this list of 20 mustread queer theory texts. The authors engage with a wide range of developments in queer theory thinking including discussions of identity politics, transgender theory, intersectionality, postcolonial theory, indigenous studies, disability studies, affect theory, and more. All royalties from this book will be donated to the national native. Delaneys short story aye, and gomorrah, and the landmark u.
Mar 10, 2020 the index is international and interdisciplinary, spanning the social sciences and humanities, with its central focus on the practice and theory of socialism, national liberation, labor, indigenous peoples, gayslesbians, feminism, ecology, democracy, and anarchism. Decolonizing methodologies research and indigenous peoples. Queer indigenous studies critical interventions in theory, politics, and literature book. This second edition of research as resistance builds upon the resistancebased methods featured in the first edition and contributes to the recent resurgence of marginalized knowledges in social science research, drawing from indigenous, feminist, and critical race scholarship. Pdf queer indigenous studies ebooks includes pdf, epub. In our history is the future historian nick estes tells a spellbinding story of the 10 month indigenous resistance at standing rock in 2016, animating the lives and characters of the leaders and organizers, emphasizing the powerful leadership of the women. The long memory of the people, estes shows, cannot be clipped by the oblivion of. A collection examining critical, indigenous centered approaches to understanding gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer, and twospirit glbtq2 lives and communities and the creative implications of queer theory.
This is a fascinating multidisciplinary book that analyzes the intricate linkages. The handbook of critical and indigenous methodologies is the only handbook to make connections regarding many of the perspectives of the new critical theorists and emerging indigenous methodologies built on the foundation of the landmark sage handbook of qualitative research, the handbook of critical and indigenous methodologies extends beyond the investigation of qualitative. Queer theory was originally associated with radical gay politics of act up, outrage. Twospirit and indigenous queer studies is an interdisciplinary field. It seems like the main struggle queer modernity has to face is this rejection from the national identity, which leads to one of the main subjects of conversation in queer latin americanist scholarship.
Just as the increasing presence of native literary studies in the academy has been fueled in part by broader intellectual, social, and political struggles of indigenous peoples and their communities outside of academe, so too has queer theory emerged from similar currents of activism among feminists and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered. Queering the postcolonial vs decolonizing the queer. Queer theory is entering the literary mainstream the new. Background queer theory libguides at university of.
Perhaps something of the shift trom queer theory to queer ethnic and indigenous studies can be seen in the transition from duke uni versity presss series q as a standard bearer for queer theory to the presss newer book series perverse modernities. Handbook of critical and indigenous methodologies sage. The contributors show how gender, sexuality, and feminism work as coproductive forces of native american and indigenous sovereignty, self. Queering colonial natal university of minnesota press. Apr 01, 2010 queer studies highlights the importance of developing analyses that go beyond identity and representational politics. Their dont call us dead 2017 was a finalist for the national book award and insert boy 2014 the winner of the lambda. Building on indigenous knowledge systems, indigenous feminism, and queer theory, the sixteen essays by scholars and activists from canada, the u.
Finding articles queer theory libguides at university of. These recent voices build upon earlier work by native american and first nations authors and critics who engaged gay and lesbian studies approaches. Critically sovereign traces the ways in which gender is inextricably a part of indigenous politics and u. Affect theory animal studies food studies ocean studies surveillance studies disability studies economics environmental studies european studies eastern europe and russia history of europe gender and sexuality feminism and womens studies lgbtq studies queer theory sex and sexuality trans studies general interest biography, letters, memoirs. Spaces between us, though, has taken on this task, endeavoring to explore the rise of the twospirit movement within north american indigenous communities and its impact on the broader queer movement. The statement we need more indigenous women involved in nationbuilding on the surface, seems like a good thing. This is a fascinating multidisciplinary book that analyzes the intricate linkages, appropriations, and productions around discourses of native and nonnative queer movements of indigeneity and national belonging. This chapter offers provisional thoughts on the collisions and collusions of queer theory and colonialism within critical indigenous studies through a close reading of queer theory s subjectlessness, samuel r.
In offering an updated reflection on the present tensions that queer theory must negotiate, as well as its unfolding futures, queer theory now is an ideal resource for anyone starting out. Lgbt two spirit native americans williams institute. As we have always done is an indepth look into indigenous resistance and what is possible when that resistance embraces indigenous culture. Rezensionen an integral tool for teaching decolonial theory pedagogy or furthering a discussion of cultural rhetorics and queer theory to show the ways that.
The index is international and interdisciplinary, spanning the social sciences and humanities, with its central focus on the practice and theory of socialism, national liberation, labor, indigenous peoples, gayslesbians, feminism, ecology, democracy, and anarchism. Our history is the future braids together strands of history, theory. So begins this collection examining critical, indigenouscentered approaches to understanding gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer, and twospirit glbtq2 lives and communities and the creative implications of queer theory in native studies. That we can forge relationships, be with each other, and live for much more than what neoliberal capitalism tells us life is about. Project muse queering native literature, indigenizing queer. One pattern that i was troubled by when i was doing research and reading books for the course was that i ended up finding and reading mostly books by indigenous men. Based on the reality that queer indigenous people experience multilayered oppression that profoundly impacts our safety, health, and survival, this book is at once an imagining and an invitation to the reader to join in the discussion of decolonizing queer indigenous research and theory, and by doing so, to partake in allied resistance working. Alone this would be a brilliant analysis of one of the most significant social. Queer studies highlights the importance of developing analyses that go beyond identity and representational politics. Queer debates do not travel well, whether in space or in time. New directions in indigenous studies and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at.
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