Cherokee Women: Gender and Culture Change, 1700-1835 (Indians of the Southeast)

Type

Book

Authors

Theda Perdue

ISBN 10

0803287607

ISBN 13

9780803287600

Tags

Native American, United States, Women in History, Native American Studies, Women's Studies, History, Gender Studies

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. - from Amzon

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