Conquest: Sexual Violence and American Indian Genocide

A recognized Native American scholar and co-founder of INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence, the largest grassroots, multiracial feminist organization in the country, Andrea Smith (Cherokee) is an emerging leader in progressive political circles. In Conquest, Smith places Native American women at the center of her analysis of sexual violence, challenging both conventional definitions of the term and conventional responses to the problem.

Beginning with the impact of the abuses inflicted on Native American children at state-sanctioned boarding schools from the 1880s to the 1980s, Smith adroitly expands our conception of violence to include environmental racism, population control and the widespread appropriation of Indian cultural practices by whites and other non-natives. Smith deftly connects these and other examples of historical and contemporary colonialism to the high rates of violence against Native American women-the most likely women in the United States to die of poverty-related illnesses, be victims of rape and suffer partner abuse.

Essential reading for scholars and activists, Conquest is the powerful synthesis of Andrea Smith's intellectual and political work to date. By focusing on the impact of sexual violence on Native American women, Smith articulates an agenda that is compelling to feminists, Native Americans, other people of color and all who are committed to creating viable alternatives to state-based "solutions."

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5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Sep-22-2008; Excellent!; In this examination of sexual violence used as tool of patriarchy and colonialism in Native American Indian communities, both historically and presently, Andrea Smith leaves no stone unturned.She spares neither governments for their...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Feb-23-2008; An Eye-Opener; This is an extremely informative book; all those dreadful (and politicized) things one hears about the abuse of indigenous peoples' sexuality -- it's even worse than that, and this this book is an articulation of all that. A must-read...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Oct-01-2007; an eye opener; Smith delivers a searing critique of mainstream feminism on behalf of one of the world's most oppressed peoples.; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Feb-17-2007; Transcends mainstream understandings of sexual violence; Smith's groundbreaking book should be required reading for all rape crisis advocates in North America. Not only does she provide a scholarly examination of the link between colonial genocide and sexual violence, Smith also provides...; read full review | report as inappropriate

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5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Sep-22-2008; Excellent!; In this examination of sexual violence used as tool of patriarchy and colonialism in Native American Indian communities, both historically and presently, Andrea Smith leaves no stone unturned.She spares neither governments for their...; read full review | report as inappropriate