Lilly Jenn, McKinley Catherine E, Knipp Hannah, Liddell Jessica L
Graduate School of Social Service, Fordham University, New York, NY, USA.
School of Social Work, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, USA.
J Fam Issues. 2022 Aug;43(8):2111-2133. doi: 10.1177/0192513x211030059. Epub 2021 Jul 8.
Prior to the imposition of patriarchal colonial norms, Native American (NA) gender relations were characterized as complementary and egalitarian; however, little research has explored gender relations within NA communities today. This study used a community-based critical ethnography to explore contemporary NA gender relations with a purposive sample of 208 individuals from the "Coastal Tribe" and 228 participants from the "Inland Tribe." After participant observation, interviews, and focus groups were conducted, a collaborative approach to reconstructive analysis was used to identify themes in the data. Within these communities, gender relations tended to reflect egalitarian and cooperative but gendered norms, and participants provided examples of how tribal members are transcending patriarchal colonialism. Through the lens of the Framework of Historical Oppression, Resilience, and Transcendence, we theorize how these gender norms may protect families from risks associated with historical oppression and promote family resilience with implications for research, practice, and policy.
在父权制殖民规范强加之前，美洲原住民（NA）的性别关系具有互补和平等的特点；然而，如今很少有研究探讨NA社区内部的性别关系。本研究采用基于社区的批判性民族志方法，以来自“沿海部落”的208名个体和来自“内陆部落”的228名参与者为目标样本，探索当代NA的性别关系。在进行了参与观察、访谈和焦点小组讨论后，采用协作式重建分析方法来确定数据中的主题。在这些社区中，性别关系倾向于反映平等与合作但带有性别特征的规范，参与者提供了部落成员如何超越父权制殖民主义的例子。通过历史压迫、复原力和超越框架的视角，我们构建理论，探讨这些性别规范如何保护家庭免受与历史压迫相关的风险，并促进家庭复原力，这对研究、实践和政策都具有启示意义。
