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Their own frontier : women intellectuals re-visioning the American West / edited and with an introduction by Shirley A. Leckie and Nancy J. Parezo.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Women in the West.
- Women in the West
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women anthropologists--West (U.S.)--Biography.
- Women anthropologists.
- Women folklorists--West (U.S.)--Biography.
- Women folklorists.
- Women authors--West (U.S.)--Biography.
- Women authors.
- Women historians--West (U.S.)--Biography.
- Women historians.
- Indians in literature.
- Indians of North America--Research--West (U.S.).
- Indians of North America.
- Indians of North America--West (U.S.)--Study and teaching.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (414 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, c2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The ten women intellectuals showcased in this volume were pioneers in the writing of Indian-centered history, ethnology, and folklore that incorporated the insights, voices, and perspectives of American Indians. These authors not only produced significant works that are still useful to modern-day scholars; they also pioneered research methods and theoretical concepts that helped lay the foundation for the new scholarship on western history, American Indian studies, and ethnohistory. Noted scholars have provided individual biographies describing the struggles and contributions these foremothers
- Contents:
- Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction, Shirley A. Leckie and Nancy J. Parezo; 1. Annie Heloise Abel: Groundbreaking Historian, Suzanne Julin; 2. Angie Debo: From the Old to the New Western History, Shirley A. Leckie; 3. Mari Sandoz: Historian of the Great Plains, John R. Wunder; 4. Isabel T. Kelly: A Life in the Field, Catherine S. Fowler and Robert Van Kemper; 5. Marjorie Ferguson Lambert: Including American Indians and Hispanic Peoples in Southwestern Anthropology, Shelby Tisdale; 6. Alice Marriott: Recording the Lives of American Indian Women, Patricia Loughlin
- 7. Ella Cara Deloria: Telling the Story of Her People, Maria Eugenia Cotera8. Zitkala-Sa: A Bridge between Two Worlds, Franci Washburn; 9. Dorothea Cross Leighton: Anthropologist and Activist, Nancy J. Parezo; 10. Ruth Murray Underhill: Ethnohistorian and Ethnographer for the Native Peoples, Catherine J. Lavender and Nancy J. Parezo; Conclusion: Shirley A. Leckie and Nancy J. Parezo; Contributors
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 1-281-73404-7
- 9786611734046
- 0-8032-2259-9
- OCLC:
- 476136141
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