Oglala Women [electronic resource] : Myth, Ritual, and Reality

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Powers, Marla N.

Series:

Women in Culture and Society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indian women--South Dakota.

Indians of North America--South Dakota--Social life and customs.

Oglala Indians--Social life and customs.

Oglala women.

Local Subjects:

Indian women--South Dakota.

Indians of North America--South Dakota--Social life and customs.

Oglala Indians--Social life and customs.

Oglala women.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (275 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2010.

Summary:

Based on interviews and life histories collected over more than twenty-five years of study on the Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota, Marla N. Powers conveys what it means to be an Oglala woman. Despite the myth of the Euramerican that sees Oglala women as inferior to men, and the Lakota myth that seems them as superior, in reality, Powers argues, the roles of male and female emerge as complementary. In fact, she claims, Oglala women have been better able to adapt to the dominant white culture and provide much of the stability and continuity of modern tribal life. This rich ethnographic po

Contents:

Contents; List of Illustrations; Series Editor's Foreword; Preface; Introduction; The Past; The Present; Notes; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

OCLC:

609856882