WGST 1808 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Interracial Marriage, Triangular Trade, Manumission
24 Mar 2018
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Indigenous women and the legacies of colonization & slavery and the legacies of colonization. Examples: hawaiian feminism, new zealand feminism, indian feminism. Develops as a critique of white/western feminism and some indigenous organizations that didn"t think about gender. Scholar winona laduke: part of colonization was imposition of patriarchal white supremacist system. Power of women and two-spirited people was stolen. White feminism often ignores indigeneity and colonization. Indigenous feminism informs other branches of feminism (examples) Activism to end white supremacist violence against women of colour. Activism to end capitalist destruction of resources. Feminism is a colonial practice that is only relevant to western white women. Response: understanding patriarchal structures of power can be relevant to. European colonialism in the 17th century: the triangle trade. Negros servant - mathieu de coste - working in new france in 1608. Olivier le jeune rst enslave african for whom records are available - shipped from. Madagascar and sold in new france in 1628.
