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A review by caris96
I Am Woman: A Native Perspective on Sociology and Feminism by Lee Maracle
5.0
This book was written to make you feel uncomfortable. It pulls no punches, and it says what no one dares to say. And like every one of her works, Maracle blows me away with her poignant yet composed prose. She has a way of engaging with non-Indigenous thought with intellectual rigour and honesty; she uses the logic of Western theories to support decolonial discourses, and simultaneously deconstructs them to demonstrate why they, too, need Indigenous knowledge.
I admit, I was misled by the title when I started reading this book, but it was a pleasant surprise. This isn’t just a book about feminism. Through essays and poems, Maracle tackles racism, colonialism, capitalism and queerness—all of which intersect with gendered oppression. While she writes, as she says, for Indigenous people, her words need to be heard by everyone.
I admit, I was misled by the title when I started reading this book, but it was a pleasant surprise. This isn’t just a book about feminism. Through essays and poems, Maracle tackles racism, colonialism, capitalism and queerness—all of which intersect with gendered oppression. While she writes, as she says, for Indigenous people, her words need to be heard by everyone.