Office of the Gender and Woman's Studies Librarian

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Explore the reach of colonialism.

Webbed Connectivities: The Imperial Sociology of Sex, Gender, and Sexuality

Author

Vrushali Patil

Description

Focuses on British and U.S. imperial power and how state structures affect concepts of gender, otherness, race, sexuality, and transnationalism within society and sociology.

Year

2022

Women's Activist Theatre in Jamaica and South Africa: Gender, Race, and Performance Space

Author

Nicosia Shakes

Description

Focuses on the decolonialist groups Letters from the Dead and the Sistren Theatre Collective in Jamaica and the Mothertongue Project and the Olive Tree Theatre Company in South Africa.

Year

2023

Countercurrents: Women's Movements in Postwar Montreal

Author

Amanda Ricci

Description

Examines a broad range of liberation and social movements rooted in anticolonialism and includes case studies of the Collectif des Femmes Immigrantes du Québec, the Congress of Black Women of Canada, the Front de Libération des Femmes du Québec, and the Quebec Native Women's Association.

Year

2023

Primitive Normativity: Race, Sexuality, and Temporality in Colonial Kenya

Author

Elizabeth W. Williams

Description

Examines how Africans' sexuality was used by European colonists to justify a protectionist role and maintain power.

Year

2024

Tricky Grounds: Indigenous Women's Experiences in Canadian University Administration

Author

Candace Brunette-Debassige

Description

Focuses on the need for decolonization and reconciliation before indigenization can begin.

Year

2024

The Incarceration of Native American Women: Creating Pathways to Wellness and Recovery through Gentle Action Theory

Author

Carma Corcoran

Description

Examines the effects of settler colonialism on incarcerated Native American women and methods for healing.

Year

2023

Forgotten Bodies: Imperialism, Chuukese Migration, and Stratified Reproduction in Guam

Author

Sarah A. Smith

Description

Analyzes how U.S. policies toward Micronesia create hostility and oppression for Chuuk migrants.

Year

2024

Laboring in the Shadow of Empire: Race, Gender, and Care Work in Portugal

Author

Celeste Vaughan Curington

Description

Focuses on Cabo Verdeans who are permanent workers and residents of Portugal.

Year

2024

Prison Born: Incarceration and Motherhood in the Colonial Shadow

Author

Robin F. Hansen

Description

Investigates the roots of Canada's policy of mother-infant separation without due process for those incarcerated and its effects on indigenous people.

Year

2024

Between Care and Criminality: Marriage, Citizenship, and Family in Australian Social Welfare

Author

Helena Zeweri

Description

Analyzes how values of the settler colonial state affect what are considered appropriate behaviors for families, good citizens, and immigrants.

Year

2024