FEMST 60 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Native Hawaiians, Combahee River, Welfare Queen
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Intersectional feminism: asian american & native feminism (latter is trask and smith, black feminism: intersectionality & controlling images, trask. Male native hawaiians & desire to be part of u. s. mainstream society (esp democratic party) Native hawaiian women lead struggle for sovereignty: smith. Combat colonialism & sexism at same time; no hierarchy. Before colonization, more egalitarian: don"t worry about length. Controlling images: marginalization and objectification- being defined by another, not self, burdens woc, system of justification on woc struggles, mammy, black lady, matriarch, welfare queen. Images not created by community created by hegemonic power (rich, white: positive self definitions to combat, blames black women; puts them on the margins of system. Neocolonialism (ex: trask: ongoing process of colonialism, way to control native hawaiian women, co-optation of native hawaiian culture to american culture, more coercive than co-optation, mana- struggle for sovereignty for native hawaiian women.
