num_pages: 540
description: Iroquoian The Gantowisas provides a thorough, organized look at the social, political, economic, and religious roles of women among the Iroquois, explaining their fit with the larger culture. Gantowisas means more than simply «woman» – gantowisas is «woman acting in her official capacity» as fire-keeping woman, faith-keeping woman, gift-giving woman; leader, counselor, judge; Mother of the People. This is the light in which the reader will find her in Iroquoian Women . Barbara Alice Mann draws upon worthy sources, be they early or modern, oral or written, to present a Native American point of view that insists upon accuracy, not only in raw reporting, but also in analysis. Iroquoian Women is the first book-length study to regard Iroquoian women as central and indispensable to Iroquoian studies.
language: English
title: Iroquoian Women : The Gantowisas
titlecomplete: Iroquoian Women : The Gantowisas (American Indian Studies, V. 4)
genres: Religion, Politics, Nonfiction, Feminism, History
ratings_count: 34
publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers