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

• Autore: Aks Judith H
• Pubblicazione: New York, : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xiii, 241 pages)
• Disciplina: 342.708/78/08997
• Soggetto topico: Indian women - Legal status, laws, etc - United States; Women's rights - United States; Indian women - Legal status, laws, etc - Canada; Women's rights - Canada
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Women's rights in Native North America
• ISBN: 1-59332-113-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910971542803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Law and society (New York, N.Y.)