Finding a Way to the Heart Feminist Writings on Aboriginal and Women's History in Canada

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  • Author: Brownlie, Robin Jarvis , Korinek, Valerie J.
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    When Sylvia Van Kirk published her groundbreaking book, Many Tender Ties, in 1980, she revolutionized the historical understanding of the North American fur trade and introduced entirely new areas of inquiry in women’s, social, and Aboriginal history. Finding a Way to the Heart examines race, gender, identity, and colonization from the early nineteenth to the late twentieth century, and illustrates Van Kirk’s extensive influence on a generation of feminist scholarship.

    Genre: Canadian nonfiction, History, Indigenous materials
    Subject(s): Canada
    Original Publisher: Winnipeg , University of Manitoba Press
    Language(s): English

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When Sylvia Van Kirk published her groundbreaking book, Many Tender Ties, in 1980, she revolutionized the historical understanding of the North American fur trade and introduced entirely new areas of inquiry in women’s, social, and Aboriginal history. Finding a Way to the Heart examines race, gender, identity, and colonization from the early nineteenth to the late twentieth century, and illustrates Van Kirk’s extensive influence on a generation of feminist scholarship.

Genre
Canadian nonfiction
History
Indigenous materials
Subject
Canada
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Winnipeg

University of Manitoba Press

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