Author

Publication

1997 - McGill-Queen's University Press, Montréal, Qué, Québec (Province)

Language

English

Word Count

61,750 words, Guess

Page Count

247 pages

Identifiers

and 3 more
  • Library of Congress Control Numbercn97900891
  • LibraryThing1252490
  • Goodreads2633091

Classifications

  • LCCHQ1459.P7C37 1997

Description

The late 1800s was a critical era in the social history of the Canadian Prairies: racial tensions increased between white settlers and the Native population and colonial authority was perceived to be increasingly threatened. As a result, white settlers began to erect social and spatial barriers to segregate themselves from the indigenous population. In Capturing Women Sarah Carter examines popular representations of women that emerged at the time, arguing that stereotyping images of Native and European women were created and manipulated to establish boundaries between Native peoples and white settlers and to justify repressive measures against the Native population.

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Series Statement

  • McGill-Queen's native and northern series -- 17

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