Storying violence : unravelling colonial narratives in the Stanley trial
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
1927886376
ISBN 13
9781927886373
Category
General Library Collection
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Publication Year
2020
Publisher
Pages
139
Subject
Stanley, Gerald (Farmer) -- Trials, litigation, etc.
Tags
Trials (Murder), Ethnic relations, Trials (Manslaughter), Race Relations, Gerald Stanley (Farmer) -- Trials litigation etc, Gerald Stanley (Farmer), Colten Boushie, Trials (Murder) -- Saskatchewan, Trials (Manslaughter) -- Saskatchewan, Indigenous peoples -- Saskatchewan, Saskatchewan -- Race relations, Saskatchewan -- Ethnic relations, Indigenous peoples -- Violence against -- Saskatchewan, Indigenous peoples -- Violence against
Abstract
"Storying Violence explores the 2018 murder of Colten Boushie and the subsequent trial of Gerald Stanley. Through an analysis of relevant socio-political narratives in the prairies and scholarship on settler colonialism, the authors argue that Boushie's death and Stanley's acquittal were not isolated incidents but are yet another manifestation of the crisis-ridden relationships between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples in Saskatchewan, ones that evidence the impossibility of finding justice for Indigenous peoples in settler colonial contexts. We situate Indigenous peoples' presence as a threat to the type of security that settler colonial societies promise settler citizens, pointing to the Stanley case as one instance where such threats are operationalized as mechanisms to sanction violence against Indigenous peoples and communities."--Provided by publisher.
Description
139 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.
Biblio Notes
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 123-131).
Includes bibliographical references (pages 123-131).
Number of Copies
1
