Oglala Women - Myth, Ritual, and Reality

Based on interviews and life histories collected over more than twenty-five years of study on the Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota, Marla N. Powers conveys what it means to be an Oglala woman.

About the author

Marla N. Powers is professor of anthropology at Seton Hall University. She is also a visiting research associate of the Institute for Research on Women and an associate member of the graduate faculty in anthropology at Rutgers University.

Product details

• Authors: Marla N. Powers, Powers Marla N.
• Assisted by: Catherine R. Stimpson (Editor)
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.11.1988
• EAN: 9780226677491
• ISBN: 978-0-226-67749-1
• No. of pages: 258
• Dimensions: 14 mm x 22 mm x 2 mm
• Weight: 340 g
• Series: Women in Culture and Society Series; Women in Culture and Society S; Women in Culture and Society Series; Women in Culture and Society; Women in Culture & Society Series WCS (CHUP); Women in Culture & Society Series WCS
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Miscellaneous; USA, Ethnic Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, United States of America, USA, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General