- March 19, 2016
Please join us for the launch of Robert Alexander Innes & Kim Anderson’s Indigenous Men and Masculinities: Legacies, Identities, Regenerations.
When: Saturday, March 19, 7:00 p.m.
Where: McNally Robinson Booksellers (1120 Grant Avenue), Winnipeg.
Cost: FREE
The event will feature Robert Alexander Innes & Kim Anderson and special guest Warren Cariou. Light refreshments provided.
About the Book
What do we know of masculinities in non-patriarchal societies? Indigenous peoples of the Americas and beyond come from traditions of gender equity, complementarity, and the sacred feminine, concepts that were unimaginable and shocking to Euro-western peoples at contact. Indigenous Men and Masculinities, edited by Kim Anderson and Robert Alexander Innes, brings together prominent thinkers to explore the meaning of masculinities and being a man within such traditions, further examining the colonial disruption and imposition of patriarchy on Indigenous men.
Building on Indigenous knowledge systems, Indigenous feminism, and queer theory, the sixteen essays by scholars and activists from Canada, the U.S., and New Zealand open pathways for the nascent field of Indigenous masculinities. The authors explore subjects of representation through art and literature, as well as Indigenous masculinities in sport, prisons, and gangs.
Indigenous Men and Masculinities highlights voices of Indigenous male writers, traditional knowledge keepers, ex-gang members, war veterans, fathers, youth, two-spirited people, and Indigenous men working to end violence against women. It offers a refreshing vision toward equitable societies that celebrate healthy and diverse masculinities.
About the Authors
Robert Alexander Innes is a Plains Cree member of Cowessess First Nation. He holds a PhD in American Indian Studies from the University of Arizona and is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Native Studies at the University of Saskatchewan. He is the author of Elder Brother and the Law of the People.
Kim Anderson is a Cree/Métis educator. She is an Associate Professor in Indigenous Studies at Wilfrid Laurier University, Brantford, and is the author of A Recognition of Being: Reconstructing Native Womanhood, and Life Stages and Native Women.
Other contributors: Kim Anderson, Bob Antone, Phillip Borell, Warren Cariou, Daniel Heath Justice, Robert Henry, Brendan Hokowhitu, Robert Alexander Innes, Thomas Ka’auwai Kaulukukui Jr., Lloyd L. Lee, Sam McKegney, Kimberly Minor, Scott L. Morgensen, Allison Piché, William Kahalepuna Richards Jr., Gregory Scofield, Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair, Sasha Sky, Leah Sneider, Erin Sutherland, John Swift, Lisa Tatonetti, Ty P. Kawika Tengan, Richard Van Camp.
