Reviews

I Am Woman: A Native Perspective on Sociology and Feminism by Lee Maracle

oenophile_bibliophile's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

lilcoppertop's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

gcastillo's review against another edition

challenging dark informative medium-paced

4.0

elizabethward's review against another edition

4.0

I’ve read a few of Maracle’s shorter writings before, and have found her commentary to be both interesting and important. There were some parts of this particular book that I found slightly problematic (e.g., lots of gender binary language), but it was written over 30 years ago, so I’m sure Maracle has grown both personally and as a writer since then. This book did have some great passages and gave a very intimate & personal look at her understanding of feminism, colonialism, racism, etc., making this a very relevant and impactful read.

chrissycoole's review against another edition

3.0

***/ {3.5 stars}

"Should we have been invited not as inferior sub-humans, but as people with a great contribution to make to the creation of a new nation, death would not haunt us as it does. More, our disappearance from the realm of history – the lingering realization that to most Canadians we do not exist – would not be our intimate agony."

Maracle has written an insightful book filled with her beautiful poetry, vehement diatribes and tender nostalgia for a past one will never be able to return to.

juliettee's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

mibramowitz's review against another edition

4.0

4.5 stars

sabrinav625's review against another edition

4.0

This was a very important book. Quick, imbued with poetry, to the point. It had some amazing sentences that made me pause and reflect. It is one I will likely read again, to further the impact.

_rhea's review

challenging emotional informative slow-paced

4.0

macklin's review

challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

An angry and sad examination of the pain colonialism inflicts but also a lot of love and power for Native women.