WGST 1808 Chapter Notes - Chapter 16: Squaw, Wgst, Sexual Dysfunction
10 Feb 2017
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Alcohol abuse, sexual dysfunction, & poverty stereotypically associated w/ aboriginal women. Eased conscience of those who wished to sexually abuse w/o consequence. Excused those who removed her children & assimilated. Native women historically equated w/ the land (western and indigenous frameworks) typically developed w/in the context of control, conquest, possession, and exploitation. 16th century europeans produced images of native womanhood to symbolize riches & beauty of the land (indian queen) Indian princess queen representing american liberty & european virtue demoted to a girlish-sexual figure (more accessible, less powerful, & w/in grasp of white man) Native female archetype used for the colonizer"s pleasure & profit. (e. g. pocahontas) Ultimate reward for indian princess is marriage to a white man, providing her the ability to transcend into his world. Once indigenous peoples began to resist colonization, archetypes changed indigenous women became symbols of troublesome colonies the squaw. Canadian state & national press promoted dirty squaw imagery in the late 1800s.
