| Carrying the Burden of Peace: Reimagining Indigenous Masculinities Through Story Contributor(s): McKegney, Sam (Author) |
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ISBN: 0816537038 ISBN-13: 9780816537037 Publisher: University of Arizona Press OUR PRICE: $33.25 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 2021 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Indigenous Studies - Literary Criticism | Native American - Social Science | Gender Studies |
| LCCN: 2021931608 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6" W x 8.9" (1.00 lbs) 304 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Can a critical examination of Indigenous masculinities be an honor song--one that celebrates, rather than pathologizes; one that seeks diversity and strength; one that overturns heteropatriarchy without centering settler colonialism? Can a critical examination of Indigenous masculinities even be creative, inclusive, erotic? Sam McKegney answers affirmatively. Countering the perception that masculinity has been so contaminated as to be irredeemable, the book explores Indigenous literary art for understandings of masculinity that exceed the impoverished inheritance of colonialism. Carrying the Burden of Peace weaves together stories of Indigenous life, love, eroticism, pain, and joy to map the contours of diverse, empowered, and non-dominant Indigenous masculinities. It is from here that a more balanced world may be pursued. |