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list price: $44.95
edition:eBook
also available: Paperback
category: Social Science
published: Dec 2005
ISBN:9781552384701
publisher: Unsettled Pasts Conference, University of Calgary Press, AHRF
imprint: University of Calgary Press

Unsettled Pasts

Reconceiving the West through Women's History

contributions by Sarah Carter; Florence Melchior; Muriel Stanley Venne; Aritha van Herk; Olive Stickney; Eliane Leslau Silverman; Patricia A. Roome; Graham A. MacDonald; Siri Louie; Nadine I. Kozak; Cheryl Foggo; Lesley A. Erickson; Mary Leah De Zwart; Christine Georgina Bye; Kristin Burnett; Cora J. Voyageur, edited by Patricia Roome & Lesley Erickson

tagged: women's studies
Description

The traditional mythology of the West is dominated by male images: the fur trader, the Mountie, the missionary, the miner, the cowboy, the politician, the Chief. This collection aims to re-examine the West through women's eyes. It draws together contributions from researchers, scholars, and academic and community activists, and seeks to create dialogue across geographic, cultural, and disciplinary boundaries. Ranging from scholarly essays to poetry, these pieces offer the reader a sample of some of today's most innovative approaches to western Canadian women's history; several of the themes that run throughout the volume have only recently been critically addressed. By rewriting the West from the perspective of women, the contributors complicate traditional narratives of the region's past by contesting historical generalizations, thus transcending the myths and "frontier" legacies that emerged out of imperial and masculine priorities and perspectives.

With Contributions by:

Kristin Burnett Cristine Georgina Bye Sarah Carter Mary Leah De Zwart Lesley A. Erickson Cheryl Foggo Nadine I. Kozak Siri Louie Graham A. Macdonald Florence Melchior Patricia A. Roome Eliane Leslau Silverman Olive Stickney Aritha Van Herk Muriel Stanley Venne Cora J. Voyageur

About the Authors

Sarah Carter


Florence Melchior


Patricia Roome is a member of the Humanities Department at Mount Royal University, where she teaches history and women's studies.

Patricia Roome is a member of the Humanities Department at Mount Royal University, where she teaches history and women's studies.

Patricia Roome is a member of the Humanities Department at Mount Royal University, where she teaches history and women's studies.

Patricia Roome is a member of the Humanities Department at Mount Royal University, where she teaches history and women's studies.

Patricia Roome is a member of the Humanities Department at Mount Royal University, where she teaches history and women's studies.

Patricia Roome is a member of the Humanities Department at Mount Royal University, where she teaches history and women's studies.

Graham MacDonald has worked as a historian, teacher, librarian, and park planner. He is the author of A Good Solid Comfortable Establishment: An Illustrated History of Lower Fort Garry, and Where the Mountains Meet the Prairies: A History of Waterton Country.

Graham MacDonald has worked as a historian, teacher, librarian, and park planner. He is the author of A Good Solid Comfortable Establishment: An Illustrated History of Lower Fort Garry, and Where the Mountains Meet the Prairies: A History of Waterton Country.

Graham MacDonald has worked as a historian, teacher, librarian, and park planner. He is the author of A Good Solid Comfortable Establishment: An Illustrated History of Lower Fort Garry, and Where the Mountains Meet the Prairies: A History of Waterton Country.

Graham MacDonald has worked as a historian, teacher, librarian, and park planner. He is the author of A Good Solid Comfortable Establishment: An Illustrated History of Lower Fort Garry, and Where the Mountains Meet the Prairies: A History of Waterton Country.

Cheryl Foggo is a multiple award-winning author, playwright, and filmmaker, whose work over the last thirty years has focused on the lives of Black people in western Canada.

Cheryl Foggo is a multiple award-winning author, playwright, and filmmaker, whose work over the last thirty years has focused on the lives of Black people in western Canada.

Cheryl Foggo is a multiple award-winning author, playwright, and filmmaker, whose work over the last thirty years has focused on the lives of Black people in western Canada.

Cheryl Foggo is a multiple award-winning author, playwright, and filmmaker, whose work over the last thirty years has focused on the lives of Black people in western Canada.

Dr. Kristin Burnett is a professor in the Department of Indigenous Learning at Lakehead University. A settler scholar, Burnett has published broadly on topics related to Indigenous health and well-being, and much of her current research and policy work engages with systemic barriers to health care, social services and supports, and food.


Dr. Cora J. Voyageur is a full professor in the Sociology Department at the University of Calgary, where she has taught for 20 years. Her research interests explore the Indigenous experience in Canada, including leadership, community and economic development, women’s issues, and health. She is a residential school survivor and a member of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation from northern Alberta.
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