Beschreibung:
This book deals with the two key concepts of gender and rights of the indigenous people from all continents of the world. It looks at issues of indigenous human rights, gender justice, repression, resistance, resurgence and government policies in Canada, Latin America, North America, Australia, India, Brazil, South East Asia and Africa.
Introduction G. N. Devy 1. Writing and Re-writing Indigenous Human Rights in the African Laboratory Michela Borzaga 2. Indigenous Rights in Latin America: Repression, Resistance, Resurgence Rebecca K. Root 3. Gender Justice and Indigenous Women in Latin America Rosalva Aída Hernández Castillo 4. Gender in North America Priscilla Settee 5. Indigenous Human Rights in Canada Michael Keefer 6. Constitutional Geographies and Cartographies of Impunity: Human Rights and Adivasis/Tribes in Contemporary India Kalpana Kannabiran 7. Empowerment: Gaddi Women of Himachal Pradesh, India Molly Kaushal 8. Gender in Australian Indigenous Literature and Maori and Pacific Island Literatures Anne Brewster and Chris Prentice