| Westward Bound: Sex, Violence, the Law, and the Making of a Settler Society Contributor(s): Erickson, Lesley (Author) |
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ISBN: 077481859X ISBN-13: 9780774818599 Publisher: University of British Columbia Press OUR PRICE: $36.05 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Canada - Pre-confederation (to 1867) - History | Canada - Post-confederation (1867-) - Law | Legal History |
| Dewey: 971 |
| LCCN: 2011410504 |
| Series: Law and Society (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (1.10 lbs) 360 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Canadian - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Chronological Period - 1900-1949 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: WestwardBound debunks the myth of Canada's peaceful West and the masculine conceptions of law and violence upon which it rests by shifting the focus from Mounties and whisky traders to criminal cases involving women between 1886 and 1940. Erickson's analysis of these cases shows that, rather than a desire to protect, official responses to the most intimate or violent acts betrayed an impulse to shore up the liberal order by maintaining boundaries between men and women, Native people and newcomers, and capital and labour. Victims and accused could only hope to harness entrenched ideas about masculinity, femininity, race, and class in their favour. This fascinating exploration of hegemony and resistance in key contact zones draws prairie Canada into larger debates about law, colonialism, and nation building. |