Cherokee Women

By Theda Perdue

Subjects: Conditions sociales, Indian women, north america, Geschichte 1700-1835, Histoire, Division sexuelle du travail, Five civilized tribes, Moeurs et coutumes, Sex role, Cherokee, Indiennes, Cherokee women, Frau, Kulturwandel, Soziale Situation, Social life and customs, Social conditions, History, Cherokee (volk), Sexual division of labor, Cherokee Indians, Cherokee (Indiens)

Description: Theda Perdue examines the roles and responsibilities of Cherokee women during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, a time of intense cultural change. While building on the research of earlier historians, she develops a uniquely complex view of the effects of contact on Native gender relations, arguing that Cherokee conceptions of gender persisted long after contact. Maintaining traditional gender roles actually allowed Cherokee women and men to adapt to new circumstances and adopt new industries and practices. - Publisher.