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The Hidden half : studies of Plains Indian women
Title:
The Hidden half : studies of Plains Indian women
Author:
Albers, Patricia.
Publication Information:
Washington, D.C. : University Press of America, [1983]

©1983
Physical Description:
vi, 280 pages ; 23 cm
General 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.
Language:
English
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.
ISBN:
9780819129567

9780819129574
Format :
Book