Oglala women : myth, ritual, and reality
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0226677494
ISBN 13
9780226677491
Category
General Library Collection
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Publication Year
1988
Publisher
Pages
258
Subject
Indigenous women
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Abstract
"Based on interviews and life histories collected over more than twenty-five years of study on the Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota, Marla N. Powers conveys what it means to be an Oglala woman. Despite the myth of the Euramerican that sees Oglala women as inferior to men, and the Lakota myth that seems them as superior, in reality, Powers argues, the roles of male and female emerge as complementary. In fact, she claims, Oglala women have been better able to adapt to the dominant white culture and provide much of the stability and continuity of modern tribal life. This rich ethnographic portrait considers the complete context of Oglala life—religion, economics, medicine, politics, old age—and is enhanced by numerous modern and historical photographs."--Amazon.
Description
xv, 241 pages : 22 cm
Number of Copies
1
