Sarah Deer

I'm perhaps not as well-read in this area as I might be (further complicated by how much of the scholarship is done by a person whose credentials have been called into question,) but I'm not sure this book was doing much that was wildly new? It was presented to our class, I assume, as an alternative to that other work that has been done, and I think it sort of does that but less theoretically rigorously (unfortunately,) though her interventions in the specifically legal world are super interesting. The strongest chapter to me was her critique of restorative justice. The suggestions section felt weak but I think that has to do with how broad the book had to be; there was very little specificity, which makes sense but also felt like it didn't require an entire chapter to explain that each tribe has to come up with what works best for them?

Overall, a decent primer on the legal situation regarding rape and Native women in the US, so good for folks who are looking to start somewhere.… (más)