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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherUniversity of Oklahoma Press
ISBN-100806132434
ISBN-139780806132433
eBay Product ID (ePID)1677092
Product Key Features
Book TitleWomen Of the Earth Lodges : Tribal Life on the Plains
Number of Pages240 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2000
TopicEthnic Studies / Native American Studies, Women's Studies, Native American
IllustratorYes
GenreSocial Science, History
AuthorVirginia Bergman Peters
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight12.8 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN99-055160
Dewey Edition21
Dewey Decimal305.48/8975
SynopsisIn Women of the Earth Lodges, Virginia Peters uses women's accounts, myths and creation stories, and anthropological and archaeological data to examine the influence and vitality of Plains Indian women. She demonstrates that village life was organized around women's labor and the women acted as partners with men in economic, social, and religious affairs-functions overlooked by contemporary observers., Uses women's accounts, myths and creation stories, and anthropological and archaeological data to examine the influence and vitality of Plains Indian women. Virginia Peters demonstrates that village life was organised around women's labour and the women acted as partners with men in economic, social, and religious affairs.