Circle of goods : women, work, and welfare in a reservation community / Tressa Berman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Berman, Tressa Lynn.

Series:

SUNY Series in Anthropological Studies of Contemporary Issues

SUNY series in the anthropology of work

SUNY series in anthropological studies of contemporary issues

SUNY series in the Anthropology of Work

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public welfare--North Dakota--Fort Berthold Indian Reservation.

Public welfare.

Indians of North America--Public welfare--North Dakota--Fort Berthold Indian Reservation.

Indians of North America.

Indians of North America--North Dakota--Fort Berthold Indian Reservation--Government relations.

Hidatsa women--North Dakota--Fort Berthold Indian Reservation--Social conditions.

Hidatsa women.

Mandan women--North Dakota--Fort Berthold Indian Reservation--Social conditions.

Mandan women.

Fort Berthold Indian Reservation (N.D.)--Social conditions.

Fort Berthold Indian Reservation (N.D.).

Fort Berthold Indian Reservation (N.D.)--Economic conditions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (175 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Circle of Goods compiles the stories of Native American women and examines their kinship, wage work, and informal economies. Responding to the upheavals of reservation life brought about by federal policies—from commodity rations to welfare reform—Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara women, each with distinct histories and cultural practices, stand at the center of the Fort Berthold reservation economy. Berman introduces the concept of ceremonial relations of production to explain the contradictory effects of economic incentives and cultural commitments, and argues that the historical movement of people and goods through a series of structured dependencies often gives rise to creative strategies for survival and new social identities.

Contents:

""Circle of Goods: Women, Work, and Welfare in a Reservation Community""; ""Contents""; ""Illustrations""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Preface""; ""1. “Say Commodity Cheese!�""; ""2. Ceremonial Relations of Production""; ""3. Women, Work, and the State""; ""4. Miheu, Mia, Sápat: Women�s Ways of Leadership""; ""5. “All we needed wasour gardens . . .“ Implications of State Welfare Reform on the Reservation Economy""; ""Afterword""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""

""R""""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""W""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780791487891

079148789X

OCLC:

794701283