| Women of the Earth Lodges: Tribal Life on the Plains Revised Edition Contributor(s): Peters, Virginia B. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0806132434 ISBN-13: 9780806132433 Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press OUR PRICE: $21.73 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2020 Annotation: Written works and paintings by observers of the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara peoples of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries traditionally focused on the role of men. In Women of the Earth Lodges, Virginia Peters uses women's accounts, myths and creation stories, and anthropological and archaeological data to examine the influence and vitality of Plains Indian women. She demonstrates that village life was organized around women's labor and that women acted as partners with men in economic, social, and religious affairs -- functions overlooked by contemporary observers. Peters follows the life cycle of a representative woman to explore female farming, trading, and hunting activities, the organization of village life, and the culture of war. Basic to village society was deep faith in an order in which the generative female principle had primacy, sustaining and defining the people and everything in their world, from sun and rain to bison, stones, and corn. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - Native American Studies - Social Science | Women's Studies - History | Native American |
| Dewey: 305.488 |
| LCCN: 99055160 |
| Physical Information: 0.69" H x 5.82" W x 8.91" (0.87 lbs) 240 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Plains - Ethnic Orientation - Native American - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In Women of the Earth Lodges, Virginia Peters uses women's accounts, myths and creation stories, and anthropological and archaeological data to examine the influence and vitality of Plains Indian women. She demonstrates that village life was organized around women's labor and the women acted as partners with men in economic, social, and religious affairs-functions overlooked by contemporary observers. |
Contributor Bio(s): Peters, Virginia Bergman: - Virginia Peters received an M.A. in anthropology from George Washington University, Washington, D.C. She is the author of The Florida Wars. |