White man's water : the politics of sobriety in a Native American community / Erica Prussing.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Prussing, Erica, 1968-

Series:

First peoples (2010)

First peoples: new directions in indigenous studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cheyenne Indians--Alcohol use--Montana--Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation.

Cheyenne Indians.

Cheyenne Indians--Counseling of--Montana--Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation.

Cheyenne Indians--Rehabilitation--Montana--Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation.

Rehabilitation.

Drinking of alcoholic beverages.

Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation (Mont.)--Social conditions.

Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation (Mont.).

Montana.

Montana--Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation.

Physical Description:

viii, 272 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Tucson : University of Arizona Press, [2011]

Summary:

This interesting anthropological study examines alcoholism and sobriety as cultural constructs within the Cheyenne Native American communities of southeastern Montana and discusses the failures of euro-centric approaches to alcohol treatment in a public health context. Working from interviews and primary ethnographic research, the volume provides a detailed look at issues such as gender and identity as root factors in cultural beliefs about sobriety and the efficacy of "white man's" methods for alcohol treatment. Prussing is a professor of anthropology at the University of Iowa. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780816529438

0816529434

OCLC:

704121298