Gender, race and policy: aboriginal women and the state in Canada and Australia
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This article examines the history of colonial and national policies towards indigenous peoples in Australia and Canada during the 19th and 20th centuries. It is specifically concerned with the ways in which such legislation affected Aboriginal women. In attempting to provide a comparative assessment of the "statutory subjugation" of Aboriginal women, the article examines the law's definition of identity and band membership; enfranchisement and assimilation; personal autonomy (marriage, divorce,...[Show more]
Collections | ANU Research Publications |
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Date published: | 1996 |
Type: | Journal article |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/13010 |
Source: | LABOUR / Travail |
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