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Cherokee women: gender and culture change, 1700-1835

By Theda Perdue

Book information

Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Year
1998
ISBN
9780803287600, 9780803237162
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
52 MB (54358101 bytes)
Pages
254\266
Library
Fulcrum
Time added
2023-06-13 14:25:18

Description

Theda Perdue examines the roles and responsibilities of Cherokee women during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, a time of intense cultural change. While building on the research of earlier historians, she develops a uniquely complex view of the effects of contact on Native gender relations, arguing that Cherokee conceptions of gender persisted long after contact. Maintaining traditional gender roles actually allowed Cherokee women and men to adapt to new circumstances and adopt new industries and practices.

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