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Record Nr.

UNINA9910971542803321

Autore

Aks Judith H

Titolo

Women's rights in Native North America : legal mobilization in the US and Canada / / Judith H. Aks

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2004

ISBN

1-59332-113-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiii, 241 pages)

Collana

Law and society

Disciplina

342.708/78/08997

Soggetti

Indian women - Legal status, laws, etc - United States

Women's rights - United States

Indian women - Legal status, laws, etc - Canada

Women's rights - Canada

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-237) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Indigenous women's legal mobilization -- "Marrying out" in the US -- "Marrying out" in Canada : part I -- "Marrying out" in Canada : part II -- Comparing the US and Canadian cases -- Legal mobilization at the intersections of power.

Sommario/riassunto

Aks's analysis of marrying out cases--when indigenous women marry outside of their tribe--in the United States and Canada examines how indigenous women mobilize the law. By marrying out of their tribes/bands, these women either lose their Indian status or are unable to pass such status on to their children, and they have few legal tools that encompass their unique identities. The book concludes that the impact of indigenous women's legal mobilization should be assessed in terms of the potential for future democratic participation. Legal mobilization helps tame the effects of intersectional power only if it provides indigenous women new opportunities to redefine rights.