Confronting race : women and Indians on the frontier, 1815-1915 / Glenda Riley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Riley, Glenda, 1938-

Contributor:

Riley, Glenda, 1938-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women pioneers--West (U.S.)--History--19th century.

Women pioneers.

Women pioneers--West (U.S.)--History--20th century.

Women pioneers--West (U.S.)--Attitudes.

Indians of North America--West (U.S.)--History.

Indians of North America.

Frontier and pioneer life--West (U.S.).

Frontier and pioneer life.

History.

West (U.S.)--Race relations.

West (U.S.).

Physical Description:

ix, 326 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2004.

Summary:

Citing diaries, journals, and popular accounts in newspapers and novels, this study analyzes the relationships of women who migrated West and carried with them deeply ingrained images and preconceptions of themselves and racially based ideas of the non-white groups they would meet.

Contents:

Introduction

Frontier philosophy : nineteenth-century American discourse on White womanhood and on the American Indian "other"

Frontier philosophy : nineteenth-century European discourse on western women and on the American Indian "other"

Frontier process : vilifying American Indians

Frontier process : humanizing American Indians

Frontier place : gender matters

Frontier place : colonialism triumphant

Frontier product : a difficult legacy.

Notes:

Rev. ed. of: Women and Indians on the frontier, 1825-1915. c1984.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-319) and index.

Related Work:

Riley, Glenda, 1938- Women and Indians on the frontier, 1825-1915.

ISBN:

0826336329

0826336256

OCLC:

55000320