The Hidden Half - Studies of Plains Indian Women

The Hidden Half is a collection of papers which are concerned with research and analyses on Plains Indian women. Covering a wide range of topics, this volume presents case studies which focus on particular aspects of the female condition in Plains Indian societies, mostly concentrated on tribal groups in the northern Plains region of the United States and Canada. This book's focus is primarily historical, dealing with the conditions of Plains Indian women in the pre-reservation period, but also contains selections concerned with the role and status of women in the modern reservation era.

This volume is a CHOICE Outstanding Academic Book of 1983.

About the author

By Patricia Albers and Beatrice Medicine

Product details

• Authors: Patricia Albers, Albers Patricia, Beatrice Medicine, Medicine Beatrice
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.01.1983
• EAN: 9780819129574
• ISBN: 978-0-8191-2957-4
• Dimensions: 137 mm x 214 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 327 g
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, North America, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Indigenous Studies, Indigenous Peoples, Relating to indigenous peoples, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls, North America (USA and Canada)