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Woman's Place
Maureen Reed
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Description for Woman's Place
Paperback. Num Pages: 355 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBWX; JFSJ1; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 550.
This collective biography of six remarkable twentieth-century New Mexicans, sheds light on the distinct role of women in shaping American multi-culturalism. Maureen Reed recounts the lives of Mary Austin and Mabel Dodge Luhan, both Anglo American literary figures; Cleofas Jaramillo and Fabiola Cabeza de Baca, both Hispanic authors and folklorists; Kay Bennett, a Navajo writer and political activist; and Pablita Velarde, a Pueblo Indian painter and author. Reed shows how the emerging ideal of multiculturalism guided these women's efforts to preserve tradition even as it limited their ability to speak honestly about their lives. They endured painful conflicts between the ... Read more
This collective biography of six remarkable twentieth-century New Mexicans, sheds light on the distinct role of women in shaping American multi-culturalism. Maureen Reed recounts the lives of Mary Austin and Mabel Dodge Luhan, both Anglo American literary figures; Cleofas Jaramillo and Fabiola Cabeza de Baca, both Hispanic authors and folklorists; Kay Bennett, a Navajo writer and political activist; and Pablita Velarde, a Pueblo Indian painter and author. Reed shows how the emerging ideal of multiculturalism guided these women's efforts to preserve tradition even as it limited their ability to speak honestly about their lives. They endured painful conflicts between the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of New Mexico Press United States
Number of pages
355
Condition
New
Number of Pages
355
Place of Publication
Albuquerque, NM, United States
ISBN
9780826333469
SKU
V9780826333469
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About Maureen Reed
Maureen Reed is professor of American studies, Minnesota State University, Moorhead.
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