Cherokee Women: Gender and Culture Change, 1700-1835 (Indians of the Southeast)

Perdue, Theda

ISBN 10: 0803237162 / ISBN 13: 9780803237162

Published by University of Nebraska Press, 1998

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This is a fine, as new, hardcover first edition copy in blue binding, no DJ, 252 pages with index. Inscribed to fellow historian Prof. John K, Nelson by Theda on the title page. Seller Inventory # 105381

Bibliographic Details

Title: Cherokee Women: Gender and Culture Change, ...

Publisher: University of Nebraska Press

Publication Date: 1998

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: As New

Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)

Edition: 1st Edition

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Synopsis:

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.

About the Author:

Theda Perdue is a professor of history at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Her works include Slavery and the Evolution of Cherokee Society, 1540–1866 and Native Carolinians: The Indians of North Carolina.