The Hidden half
Subtitle: studies of Plains Indian women
By: Patricia Albers, Beatrice Medicine.
Contributors: Albers, Patricia.; Medicine, Beatrice.
Publisher: University Press of America
Published: 1983
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 280
Subjects: Indian women -- Great Plains -- Congresses.
Notes: Includes bibliographies.
Consists chiefly of papers presented at a symposium entitled The Role and status of women in Plains Indian cultures, held in 1977, at the Plains Conference, Lincoln, Neb.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: new perspectives on Plains Indian women / Patricia Albers; title: Beasts of burden and menial slaves / Katherine Weist; title: The shackles of tradition / Alice Kehoe; title: Male/female task differentiation among the Hidatsa / Janet Spector; title: Women's work / Mary Jane Schneider; title: The role of Sioux women in the production of ceremonial objects / Patricia Albers, Beatrice Medicine; title: The political-economy of gender / Alan Klein; title: Sioux women in transition / Patricia Albers; title: Male and female in traditional Lakota culture / Raymond Demallie; title: "Warrior women", sex role alternatives for Plains Indian women / Beatrice Medicine.