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Choctaw Women in a Chaotic World
Michelene E. Pesantubbee
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Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KB; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 345.
Prior to European contact, the Choctaw's matrilineal society supported women's contributions in all areas of community life. Evidence of Choctaw women's participation in religious and political concerns, however, declined drastically early in the eighteenth century. Michelene Pesantubbee traces the changes in women's roles in Choctaw society from the late 1600s to the mid-1700s during the French colonial period in the Lower Mississippi Valley. Before the arrival of the French explorers, Choctaw women could earn recognition as 'beloved', an esteemed designation that indicated sacred status. Pesantubbee relates the decline of women's status to the religious, economic, and military interests of the ... Read more
Prior to European contact, the Choctaw's matrilineal society supported women's contributions in all areas of community life. Evidence of Choctaw women's participation in religious and political concerns, however, declined drastically early in the eighteenth century. Michelene Pesantubbee traces the changes in women's roles in Choctaw society from the late 1600s to the mid-1700s during the French colonial period in the Lower Mississippi Valley. Before the arrival of the French explorers, Choctaw women could earn recognition as 'beloved', an esteemed designation that indicated sacred status. Pesantubbee relates the decline of women's status to the religious, economic, and military interests of the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of New Mexico Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Albuquerque, NM, United States
ISBN
9780826333346
SKU
V9780826333346
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About Michelene E. Pesantubbee
Michelene E. Pesantubbee is an assistant professor of Native American religious traditions, University of Iowa, Iowa City.
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