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American Indian Women: Telling Their Lives
American Indian Women: Telling Their Lives
by Gretchen M. Bataille and Kathleen Mullen Sands
"An important contribution to the fields of Native/American Indian
studies and women''s studies. Its approach is innovative and suggests
wide possibilities for further exploration."—Clara Sue Kidwell, Women''s Studies International Forum
(Clara Sue Kidwell Women's Studies International Forum )
"This
readable and engaging work . . . marks a turning point in a developing
literature on American Indian women, being a good general summary of all
previous work, and making future work more possible. . . . The study of
American Indian women not only reveals the fundamental nature of Indian
societies, it also provides a perspective for the contemporary women''s
movement."—Roxanne Dunbar Ortiz, Western American Literature
(Roxanne Dunbar Ortiz Western American Literature )
"Bataille
and Sands make a significant contribution to scholars, students, and
general readers interested in autobiography, biography, the oral and
written tradition of American Indian literature, literary criticism,
history, and ethnographic studies."—North Dakota Quarterly
(North Dakota Quarterly )
Indian women's autobiographies have been slighted because of the assumption that women had a secondary and insignificant role in Indian society. Gretchen M. Bataille and Kathleen Mullen Sands cogently demonstrate in this book the creative vitality of autobiographies that, despite differences in style and purpose, clarify the centrality of women in American Indian cultures. Included is a comprehensive, annotated bibliography or works by and about American Indian women.
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