In their piece, “Doubleweaving Two-Spirit Critiques: Building…
Question Answered step-by-step In their piece, “Doubleweaving Two-Spirit Critiques: Building… In their piece, “Doubleweaving Two-Spirit Critiques: Building Alliances between Native and Queer Studies,” Qwo-Li Driskill writes about the necessity of what they identify as Two-Spirit critique in both Queer Studies and Native Studies, especially where they converge: “In the beginning of the twenty-first century, Indigenous Two-Spirit/GLBTQ people are asserting uniquely Native-centered and tribally specific understandings of gender and sexuality as a way to critique colonialism, queerphobia, racism, and misogyny as part of decolonial struggles. Radical Two-Spirit cultural work in the United States and Canada during the late twentieth century cleared a path for Two-Spirit people to form our own modes of critique and creativity suited for Native-focused decolonial struggles. While our traditional understandings of gender and sexuality are as diverse as our nations, Native Two-Spirit/GLBTQ people share experiences under heteropatriarchal, gender-polarized colonial regimes that attempt to control Native nations. These experiences give rise to critiques that position Native Two-Spirit/GLBTQ genders and sexualities as oppositional to colonial powers. Necessary in this process are critiques of both the colonial nature of many GLBTQ movements in the United States and Canada and the queer-/transphobia internalized by Native nations” (2010, 69). How are gender and sexuality discussed in the materials that depart from and critique eurowestern views of these concepts?Give an example of a Two-Spirit and queer Indigenous art practice and how the artist/poet/creator uses this practice generate commentary on community, relationality, sexuality, and/or sovereignty. Your example can come from the materials or from another source. sources/material https://www.allmyrelationspodcast.com/podcast/episode/468a0a6b/ep-5-decolonizing-sex https://www.allmyrelationspodcast.com/podcast/episode/47547617/indigiqueer History World History WGS WGS-200 Share QuestionEmailCopy link Comments (0)
