{"product_id":"life-against-states-of-emergency-revitalizing-treaty-relations-from-attawapiskat-hardcover","title":"Life Against States of Emergency: Revitalizing Treaty Relations from Attawapiskat - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSarah Marie Wiebe\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eLindsay Keegitah Borrows\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eResponding to the activism of former Attawapiskat chief Theresa Spence, this book explores what it means to be in a treaty relationship today.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e For six weeks in 2012 and 2013, Attawapiskat chief Theresa Spence undertook a high-profile ceremonial fast to advocate for improved Canadian-Indigenous relations. Framed by the media as a hunger strike, her fast was both a call to action and a gesture of corporeal sovereignty. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eLife against States of Emergency\u003c\/i\u003e responds to the central question she asked the Canadian public to consider: What does it mean to be in a treaty relationship today? Arguing that treaties are critical and vital matters of environmental justice, Sarah Marie Wiebe offers a nuanced discussion of the political environment that caused treaty relations in Attawapiskat to break down amid a history of repeated state-of-emergency declarations. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This incisive work draws on community-engaged research, lived experiences, critical discourse analysis, ecofeminist and Indigenous studies scholarship, art, activism, and storytelling to advance a transformative, future-oriented approach to treaty relationships. By centering community voices, \u003ci\u003eLife against States of Emergency \u003c\/i\u003ecultivates a more deliberative, democratic dialogue.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSarah Marie Wiebe\u003c\/b\u003e is an assistant professor in the School of Public Administration at the University of Victoria, where she teaches in the Community Development program. She is an adjunct professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Hawaii, Manoa, a co-founder of the Feminist Environmental Research Network (FERN), and the author of\u003ci\u003e Everyday Exposure: Indigenous Mobilization and Environmental Justice in Canada's Chemical Valley\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the Charles Taylor Book Award in 2017. Her writing has been published in journals including\u003ci\u003e Citizenship Studies, Engaged Scholar, New Political Science, Politics and Policy\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eStudies in Social Justice\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 312\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 14, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51757233668384,"sku":"9780774867870","price":178.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/d408eb5b11f97ba9724d2050c5e78484.webp?v=1780097354","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/life-against-states-of-emergency-revitalizing-treaty-relations-from-attawapiskat-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}