Iskwewak kah' ki yaw ni wahkomakanak : neither Indian princesses nor easy squaws
Janice Acoose (Author)
By deconstructing stereotypical images of the 'Indian princess' and 'easy squaw,' the author calls attention to the racist and sexist depictions of Indigenous women in popular literature. Blending personal narrative and literary criticism, this book draws a strong connection between the persistent negative cultural attitudes fostered by those stereotypical representations and the missing and murdered Indigenous women in Canada. She decolonizes written English by interweaving her own story with reflections on the self-determination of her female ancestors and by highlighting influential Indigenous female writers who have resisted cultural stereotypes and reclaimed the literary field as their own. This book urges both Indigenous and non-Indigenous people to move beyond words to challenge the harmful attitudes that condone violence against Indigenous women
Print Book, English, 2016
Second edition
Women's Press, an imprint of Canadian Scholars' Press Inc., Toronto, Ontario, 2016