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Author: Mary-Ellen Kelm
Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
Imprint: University of British Columbia Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 2.00cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.410kg
ISBN: 9780774806787
ISBN 10: 0774806788
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 01 May 1999
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
A worthy read, a sophisticated, interdisciplinary analysis of the health situation of Aboriginal peoples and the way in which whites and Aboriginals themselves responded to it ... What is fascinating about Kelm's analysis is her ability to make apparent the interconnectedness of issues ... She has had to detail the many ways in which First Nations people were victims, but never totally lost agency. While Native agency is certainly present in the study, the overwhelming tone is one of condemnation for what was done to the First Nations. -- Wendy Mitchinson The Canadian Historical Review By discrediting the destructive and paternalistic deficit model, Kelm plays an important role in pointing communities, academics, and public health officials to the vital task of continuing to recognize and support the sources of community resilience and, ultimately, health. BC Studies Colonizing Bodies is an innovative and engaging book ... an important contribution to the history of First Nations and to health care history ... Kelm critically examines the available evidence, suggesting that government reports and letters do not describe the 'truth' of aboriginal health but do provide an indication of what was shaping federal health policy ... the book is rich in detail ... Kelm grounds this book in a breadth of archival documents and she skillfully and strategically deploys evidence from aboriginal elders to make her arguments even more compelling ... Persons interested in the history of First Nations and the provision of state health services will certainly find this to be a fascinating study, but it should also enjoy broad appeal as a case study of how colonialism is culturally constructed. It is, in sum, a tremendously important contribution. The analysis is elegant and it is a book that serves both as model and inspiration for the sophisticated study of health care in the twentieth century. -- Peter Twohig Canadian Bulletin of Medical History
Colonizing Bodies is an innovative and engaging book ... an important contribution to the history of First Nations and to health care history ... Kelm critically examines the available evidence, suggesting that government reports and letters do not describe the truth of aboriginal health but do provide an indication of what was shaping federal health policy ... the book is rich in detail ... Kelm grounds this book in a breadth of archival documents and she skillfully and strategically deploys evidence from aboriginal elders to make her arguments even more compelling ... Persons interested in the history of First Nations and the provision of state health services will certainly find this to be a fascinating study, but it should also enjoy broad appeal as a case study of how colonialism is culturally constructed. It is, in sum, a tremendously important contribution. The analysis is elegant and it is a book that serves both as model and inspiration for the sophisticated study of health care in the twentieth century. -- Peter Twohig * Canadian Bulletin of Medical History * A worthy read, a sophisticated, interdisciplinary analysis of the health situation of Aboriginal peoples and the way in which whites and Aboriginals themselves responded to it ... What is fascinating about Kelm's analysis is her ability to make apparent the interconnectedness of issues ... She has had to detail the many ways in which First Nations people were victims, but never totally lost agency. While Native agency is certainly present in the study, the overwhelming tone is one of condemnation for what was done to the First Nations. -- Wendy Mitchinson * The Canadian Historical Review * By discrediting the destructive and paternalistic deficit model, Kelm plays an important role in pointing communities, academics, and public health officials to the vital task of continuing to recognize and support the sources of community resilience and, ultimately, health. * BC Studies *
Colonizing Bodies is an innovative and engaging book ... an important contribution to the history of First Nations and to health care history ... Kelm critically examines the available evidence, suggesting that government reports and letters do not describe the 'truth' of aboriginal health but do provide an indication of what was shaping federal health policy ... the book is rich in detail ... Kelm grounds this book in a breadth of archival documents and she skillfully and strategically deploys evidence from aboriginal elders to make her arguments even more compelling ... Persons interested in the history of First Nations and the provision of state health services will certainly find this to be a fascinating study, but it should also enjoy broad appeal as a case study of how colonialism is culturally constructed. It is, in sum, a tremendously important contribution. The analysis is elegant and it is a book that serves both as model and inspiration for the sophisticated study of health care in the twentieth century. -- Peter Twohig Canadian Bulletin of Medical History By discrediting the destructive and paternalistic deficit model, Kelm plays an important role in pointing communities, academics, and public health officials to the vital task of continuing to recognize and support the sources of community resilience and, ultimately, health. BC Studies A worthy read, a sophisticated, interdisciplinary analysis of the health situation of Aboriginal peoples and the way in which whites and Aboriginals themselves responded to it ... What is fascinating about Kelm's analysis is her ability to make apparent the interconnectedness of issues ... She has had to detail the many ways in which First Nations people were victims, but never totally lost agency. While Native agency is certainly present in the study, the overwhelming tone is one of condemnation for what was done to the First Nations. -- Wendy Mitchinson The Canadian Historical Review
Author Information
Mary-Ellen Kelm is an assistant professor of history at the University of Northern British Columbia who has written extensively on Aboriginal health concerns and Indigenous-European relations.
