| Open Country, Iowa: Rural Women, Tradition, and Change Contributor(s): Fink, Deborah (Author) |
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ISBN: 0887063187 ISBN-13: 9780887063183 Publisher: State University of New York Press OUR PRICE: $33.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 1986 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Women's Studies - Social Science | Sociology - Rural - Business & Economics | Women In Business |
| Dewey: 305.409 |
| LCCN: 86000967 |
| Series: Suny Series in the Anthropology of Work |
| Physical Information: 0.64" H x 6.08" W x 8.96" (0.84 lbs) 275 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - Iowa - Cultural Region - Heartland - Cultural Region - Upper Midwest - Demographic Orientation - Rural - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Open Country, Iowa links anthropology and history in a woman's perspective on the changing social patterns of rural Iowa communities. Using life stories which she has collected, Deborah Fink explores the experiences of today's women. She traces them to past influences, beginning with the time of the first settlers, and shows how family, religion, and work have changed over the years. Her interpretation of social patterns as determined by the history of national politics, economics, kinship, and community culture, call into question some common understandings about the traditional role of women and about changes initiated by World War II. |