Księżniczka Pocahontas alias Mrs. Rebecca Rolfe i Ms. Julia Martinez: dialektyka intersekcjonalności i niewspółmierności
Princess Pocahontas, Also Known As Mrs. Rebecca Rolfe and Ms. Martinez: The Dialectic of Intersectionality and Incommensurability

Author(s): Jacek Maria Kurczewski
Subject(s): Gender Studies, Sociology
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: intersectionality; culture clash; cultural contact; indigenous peoples of North America; equality
Summary/Abstract: I begin my article with an analysis of the essential case in the U.S. law that has defined the relationship between the right to tribal sovereignty of the indigenous peoples of the United States and the right of women to equality. I go on to explain what the conflict between Euro-American (legal) culture and Amero-Indian indigenous cultures consists of, and, using another example of such a conflict, illustrate the different arrangement of discriminatory factors that interact with the gender factor. Finally, I raise the issue of two notions of sovereignty – political and cultural – and two types of discrimination – individual and collective – which are in a conflict that cannot be resolved without a violation of the obvious incommensurability of the values scales involved.

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