Iroquoian women : the gantowisas / Barbara Alice Mann ; foreword by Paula Gunn Allen.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mann, Barbara Alice, 1947-
Language:English
Published: New York : Peter Lang, [2000], ©2000.
Series:American Indian studies ; v. 4.
Subjects:
Iroquoian women > History.
Iroquoian women > Politics and government.
Iroquoian women > Social life and customs.
Iroquoiennes > Histoire.
Iroquoiennes > Politique et gouvernement.
Iroquoiennes > Moeurs et coutumes.
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Physical Description:xxv, 540 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm.
Format: Book
Partial Contents:
  • Introduction. Woman falling from the sky
  • No-face husk doll : women wiped clean from the record
  • Direction of the sky : gendered for balance
  • They are the soul of the councils : women's role in political life
  • Good rule : they assist one another : women's control of economics
  • No whips, no punishments, no threats : women's control of social life
  • Come. Let me untangle your hair : women as faithkeepers
  • Epilogue : now our minds are one.