Urban Indigenous Youth Reframing Two-Spirit (Indigenous and Decolonizing Studies in Education) - Softcover

Laing, Marie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 036755688X ISBN 13: 9780367556884

Publisher: Routledge, 2021

Synopsis

This book offers insights from young trans, queer, and two-spirit Indigenous people in Toronto who examine the breadth and depth of meanings that two-spirit holds. Tracing the refusals and desires of these youth and their communities, Urban Indigenous Youth Reframing Two-Spirit expands critical conversations on queerness, Indigeneity, and community and simultaneously troubles the idea that articulating a definition of two-spirit is a worthwhile undertaking. Beyond the expansion of these conversations, this book also seeks to empower community members, educators, and young people ― both Indigenous and non-Indigenous ― to better support the self-determination of trans, queer, and two-spirit Indigenous youth. By including a research zine and community discussion guidelines, Laing demonstrates the possibility of powerful change that comes from Indigenous people creating spaces to share knowledge with one another.

About this title

About the Author

Marie Laing is a Youth Leader with the Native Youth Sexual Health Network in Toronto, Canada.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 036755688X
• ISBN 13: 9780367556884
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 200