Telling Tales: Essays in Western Women's History Contributor(s): Cavanaugh, Catherine A. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0774807946 ISBN-13: 9780774807944 Publisher: University of British Columbia Press OUR PRICE: $103.95 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2000 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | Canada - Post-confederation (1867-) - Social Science | Women's Studies - Social Science | Sociology - General |
Dewey: 305 |
LCCN: 2001430832 |
Physical Information: 372 pages |
Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Cultural Region - Canadian - Cultural Region - Western U.S. |
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. |