ISBN:
9780819129574
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (287 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Print version The Hidden Half : Studies of Plains Indian Women
DDC:
305.4/8897/078
Keywords:
Indian women - Great Plains - Congresses
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Electronic books
Abstract:
This volume is a CHOICE Outstanding Academic Book of 1983
Description / Table of Contents:
The Hidden Half; TABLE OF CONTENTS; Chapter 1 Introduction: New Perspectives on Plains Indian Women; PART I - IMAGES OF WOMEN; Chapter 2 Beasts of Burden and Menial Slaves: Nineteenth Century Observations of Northern Plains Indian Women; Chapter 3 The Shackles of Tradition; PART II - WOMEN'S WORK; Chapter 4 Male/Female Task Differentiation Among the Hidatsa: Toward the Development of an Archeological Approach to the Study of Gender; Chapter 5 Women's Work: An Examination of Women's Roles in Plains Indian Arts and Crafts
Description / Table of Contents:
Chapter 6 The Role of Sioux Women in the Production of Ceremonial Objects: The Case of the Star QuiltPART III - THE STATUS OF WOMEN; Chapter 7 The Political-Economy of Gender: A 19th Century Plains Indian Case Study; Chapter 8 Sioux Women in Transition: A Study of Their Changing Status in a Domestic and Capitalist Sector of Production; PART IV - FEMALE IDENTITY; Chapter 9 Male and Female in Traditional Lakota Culture; Chapter 10 ""Warrior Women"" - Sex Role Alternatives for Plains Indian Women
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
