| Telling Tales: Essays in Western Women's History Contributor(s): Cavanaugh, Catherine A. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0774807954 ISBN-13: 9780774807951 Publisher: University of British Columbia Press OUR PRICE: $36.05 Product Type: Paperback Published: February 2001 Annotation: Telling Tales rewrites western Canada's past by integrating women into the shifting power matrix of class, race, and gender. Covering a range of topics--from African-American settlement of Vancouver Island to prairie childbirth narratives--this book challenges founding myths of the region and invites a retelling of western Canadian settlement. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Women's Studies - Political Science - History | Canada - Post-confederation (1867-) |
| Dewey: 305 |
| Physical Information: 1.04" H x 6.02" W x 8.99" (1.22 lbs) 372 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Women played a vital role in the shaping of the West in Canada between the 1880s and 1940s. Yet surprisingly little is known about their contributions or the differences sex and gender made to the opportunities and obstacles women encountered. Telling Tales contributes to the rewriting of western Canada's past by integrating women into the shifting power matrix of class, race, and gender that formed the basis of colonization and settlement. Telling Tales both challenges founding myths of the region and inspires rethinking of how we tell the story of western Canadian colonization and settlement. |
