Unsettled Pasts: Reconceiving the West through Women's History - Carter, Sarah; Erickson, Lesley; Roome, Patricia; Smith, Char

Clean, tight, unmarked; very minimal wear; appears unread; The traditional mythology of the West is dominated by male images: the fur trader, the Mountie, the missionary, the miner, the cowboy, the politician, the Chief. This collection aims to re-examine the West through women's eyes. It draws together contributions from researchers, scholars, and academic and community activists, and seeks to create dialogue across geographic, cultural, and disciplinary boundaries. Ranging from scholarly essays to poetry, these pieces offer the reader a sample of some of today's more innovative approaches to western Canadian women's history. By rewriting the West from the perspective of women, the contributors complicate traditional narratives of the region's past by contesting historical generalizations, thus transcending the myths and "frontier" legacies that emerged out of imperial and masculine priorities and perspectives.
Near Fine
Soft cover
University of Calgary Press
2005
Calgary, AB