Research Catalog

Title

Therapeutic nations : healing in an age of indigenous human rights / Dian Million.

Author

Million, Dian, 1950-

Publication

Tucson : The University of Arizona Press, [2013]

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Description

230 pages; 24 cm.

Summary

"Self-determination is on the agenda of Indigenous peoples all over the world. This analysis by an Indigenous feminist scholar challenges the United Nations-based human rights agendas and colonial theory that until now have shaped Indigenous models of self-determination. Gender inequality and gender violence, Dian Million argues, are critically important elements in the process of self-determination. Million contends that nation-state relations are influenced by a theory of trauma ascendant with the rise of neoliberalism. Such use of trauma theory regarding human rights corresponds to a therapeutic narrative by Western governments negotiating with Indigenous nations as they seek self-determination. Focusing on Canada and drawing comparisons with the United States and Australia, Million brings a genealogical understanding of trauma against a historical filter. Illustrating how Indigenous people are positioned differently in Canada, Australia, and the United States in their articulation of trauma, the author particularly addresses the violence against women as a language within a greater politic. The book introduces an Indigenous feminist critique of this violence against the medicalized framework of addressing trauma and looks to the larger goals of decolonization. Noting the influence of humanitarian psychiatry, Million goes on to confront the implications of simply dismissing Indigenous healing and storytelling traditions. Therapeutic Nations is the first book to demonstrate affect and trauma's wide-ranging historical origins in an Indigenous setting, offering insights into community healing programs. The author's theoretical sophistication and original research make the book relevant across a range of disciplines as it challenges key concepts of American Indian and Indigenous studies"--

Series Statement

Critical issues in indigenous studies

Uniform Title

Critical issues in indigenous studies.

Subject

• Indigenous peoples > Canada > Government relations
• Indigenous peoples > Government relations > Cross-cultural studies
• Indigenous peoples > Civil rights > Canada
• Indigenous peoples > Civil rights > Cross-cultural studies
• Indigenous peoples > Legal status, laws, etc. > Canada
• Indigenous peoples > Legal status, laws, etc. > Cross-cultural studies
• Truth commissions > Cross-cultural studies

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-223) and index.

Call Number

JFE 13-8058

ISBN

• 9780816530182 (hardback)
• 0816530181 (hardback)

LCCN

2013003309

OCLC

838793051

Author

Million, Dian, 1950-

Title

Therapeutic nations : healing in an age of indigenous human rights / Dian Million.

Publisher

Tucson : The University of Arizona Press, [2013]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Critical issues in indigenous studies

Critical issues in indigenous studies.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-223) and index.

Research Call Number

JFE 13-8058