{"product_id":"life-against-states-of-emergency-revitalizing-treaty-relations-from-attawapiskat-9780774867887","title":"Life Against States of Emergency: Revitalizing Treaty Relations from Attawapiskat","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Sarah Marie Wiebe | Lindsay Keegitah Borrows\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: University of British Columbia Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: University of British Columbia Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Indigenous Studies\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.","brand":"University of British Columbia Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47888477651095,"sku":"9780774867887","price":4654.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780774867887.webp?v=1781166214","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/life-against-states-of-emergency-revitalizing-treaty-relations-from-attawapiskat-9780774867887","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}