An issue of much debate and contention is how to refer to people whose heritage goes back to pre-Columbian times on the North and South American continents. The term Indian is based on Christopher Columbus’s mistaken belief that he had… Read More ›
Leslie Marmon Silko
Feminism and Women’s Writing in the US
Women’s social movements in the United States can be divided into three “waves” (although these divisions are not strictly chronological or oppositional). First-wave feminism emerged from the involvement of women activists in the antislavery, temperance, and women’s-suffrage movements in the… Read More ›