| Description |
vi, 280 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Note |
Consists chiefly of papers presented at a symposium entitled The Role and status of women in Plains Indian cultures, held in 1977, at the Plains Conference, Lincoln, Neb. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographies. |
| Contents |
Introduction: new perspectives on Plains Indian women / Patricia Albers -- Beasts of burden and menial slaves / Katherine Weist -- The shackles of tradition / Alice Kehoe -- Male/female task differentiation among the Hidatsa / Janet Spector -- Women's work / Mary Jane Schneider -- The role of Sioux women in the production of ceremonial objects / Patricia Albers, Beatrice Medicine -- The political-economy of gender / Alan Klein -- Sioux women in transition / Patricia Albers -- Male and female in traditional Lakota culture / Raymond Demallie -- "Warrior women", sex role alternatives for Plains Indian women / Beatrice Medicine. |
| Subject |
Indians of North America -- Great Plains -- Women -- Congresses.
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| Added Author |
Albers, Patricia.
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Medicine, Beatrice.
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| ISBN |
0819129569 : $22.50 |
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0819129577 : $11.75 (pbk.) |
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