Decolonization

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Afterword

From: Brotherhood to Nationhood

The Afterword of George Manuel’s biography, written by his granddaughter Kanahus Manuel, writes about her role in carrying the torch of the Indian resistance movement through Idle No More, … 3 $0.30 Add
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Beyond Gender: Race, Realness, and What Counts as Drag

From: Decolonize Drag

Khubchandani examines drag in the context of race, ethnicity, location, class, and physical abilities. This chapter discusses the ballroom scene, the concept of "realness" in regards to … 28 $2.80 Add
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Community and Resistance in Marie Clements’ The Unnatural and Accidental Women and Now Look What You Made Me Do

From: Indigenous Women’s Theatre in Canada

The third chapter of Indigenous Women’s Theatre in Canada looks at the works of Marie Clements, including The Unnatural and Accidental Woman, and Now Look What You Made Me Do. The chapter … 36 $3.60 Add
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Decolonization at the Club: Staging Violence, Embodying Pleasure in Drag

From: Decolonize Drag

Chapter four explores drag as a tool for telling powerful stories and engaging with politics through art. Khubchandani dedicates this section to examining select drag performances that reference … 33 $3.30 Add
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Decolonize Drag

Although imagined as a queer subcultural practice, drag seems to be everywhere we look: from AI filters on TikTok to brunchtime entertainment, from state legislations to political rallies. Yet as … 220 View
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Decolonize Self-Care

Decolonize Self-Care mounts a sharply critical investigation into contemporary “self-care” practices—particularly those that embrace using mindfulness and other techniques such … ; 284 View
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Editor’s Preface

From: Decolonize Self-Care

In the Preface, series editor Bhakti Shringarpure reflects on modern self-care in the era of social media, mega influencers, neo-liberal hustle, and colonial ideologies. 8 $0.80 Add
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Hairy Situations: Drag, Performance, and Gender Binaries

From: Decolonize Drag

Khubchandani discusses drag in the context of gender constructs and gender expression. This reading explores how drag culture has been colonized through its popularization in a capitalist society … 38 $3.80 Add
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How to Have Amazing Sex (And Become Your Best Self in the Process)

From: Decolonize Self-Care

Chapter 1 discussed women’s work, the gendered origins of multitasking, as well as sex as self-care. The authors detailed the idea that women are inherently prone to multitasking, therefore … ; 43 $4.30 Add
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Indigenous Women’s Theatre: A Transnational Mechanism of Decolonization

From: Indigenous Women’s Theatre in Canada

The fifth and final chapter of Indigenous Women’s Theatre in Canada considers drama and theatre as a method of decolonization and as a process of educating about and healing from violence … 12 $1.20 Add

Indigenous Women’s Theatre in Canada

A Mechanism of Decolonization

Despite a recent increase in the productivity and popularity of Indigenous playwrights in Canada, most critical and academic attention has been devoted to the work of male dramatists, leaving … 192 View
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Introduction

From: Decolonize Self-Care

The authors contextualize modern self-care, its relation to corporate marketing, its individualization, and how the movement can be tied to intersecting systems of oppression including … ; 49 $4.90 Add
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Introduction

From: Decolonize Drag

LaWhore Vagistan (Khubchandani’s drag queen persona) introduces Khubchandani’s reasonings for writing this book and the concepts he explores. 16 $1.60 Add
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Just Do It! Techniques and Technologies for Decolonizing Drag

From: Decolonize Drag

Khubandani discusses the "techniques and technologies" of drag that can be harnessed to either reinforce or fight against colonial and racist ideologies. He examines the importance of … 28 $2.80 Add
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Marketing Self-Care

From: Decolonize Self-Care

Chapter 2 discussed the modern prioritization of the personal benefits of self-care that are marketable and make white, rich, cis, and heteronormative femininity commodifiable. The authors … ; 52 $5.20 Add
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Media, Gendered Violence and Dramatic Resistance in Yvette Nolan’s Annie Mae’s Movement and Blade.

From: Indigenous Women’s Theatre in Canada

The fourth chapter of Indigenous Women’s Theatre in Canada looks at the works of Yvette Nolan, specifically Annie Mae’s Movement and Blade. First, the author introduces Yvette … 35 $3.50 Add