Publication

2003-02-01 - University of Oklahoma Press

Language

English

Word Count

70,500 words, Guess

Page Count

282 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • Library of Congress Control Number2002075018
  • LibraryThing9204722

Classifications

  • LCCE99.C844 A25 2003

Description

"In the past, many Native American cultures have treated women and men as equals. In A Necessary Balance, Lillian A. Ackerman examines the balance of power and responsibility between men and women within each of the eleven Plateau Indian tribes who live today on the Colville Indian Reservation in north-central Washington State.". "Ackerman analyzes tribal cultures over three historical periods lasting more than a century - the traditional past, the farming phase when Indians were forced onto the reservation, and the twentieth-century industrial present. Ackerman examines gender equality in terms of power, authority, and autonomy in four social spheres: economic, domestic, political, and religious."--BOOK JACKET.

First Sentence

This study describes the roles of women and men in a group of societies that practices gender equality with equal access to power, authority, and autonomy.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • A Necessary Balance: Gender and Power Among Indians of the Columbia PlateauHardcoverUniversity of Oklahoma Press2003-02-01

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