reconceiving the West through women's history
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Carter, Sarah > (ed.)
- Creator
- Erickson, Lesley > (ed.)
- Creator
- Roome, Patricia > (ed.)
- Creator
- Smith, Char
- Contributor
- Silverman, Eliane Leslau
- Publish Year
- 2005
- Shelfmark
- CAN 1A 2005
- Thesaurus
- vrouwengeschiedenis, egodocumenten, historiografie, etniciteit, indianen, witte vrouwen, religie, gezinnen, Canada, congressen, interview (vorm), bundel
- Description
- 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 different disciplines and seeks to create dialogue across geographic, cultural, and disciplinary boundaries, ranging from essays to poetry. 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.