A Nation of Women : Gender and Colonial Encounters among the Delaware Indians.
Fur, Gunlög.
A Nation of Women : Gender and Colonial Encounters among the Delaware Indians. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (260 pages) - Early American Studies . - Early American Studies .
Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: "We Are But a Women Nation" -- One: The Power of Life: Gender and Organization in Lenape Society -- Two: Living Traditions in Times of Turmoil: Meniolagomekah -- Three: Powerful Women: Disruptive and Disorderly Women -- Four: Mapping the Future: Women and Visions -- Five: Metaphors and National Identity: Delawares-as-Women -- Six: What the Hermit Saw: Change and Continuity in the History of Gender and Encounters -- List of Abbreviations -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Acknowledgments.
A Nation of Women provides a history of the significance of gender in Lenape/Delaware encounters with Europeans, and a history of women in these encounters.
9780812201994
Delaware women-Social conditions-17th century.
Delaware women-Social conditions-18th century.
Delaware Indians-History.
Delaware Indians-Social life and customs.
Sex role-Middle Atlantic States-History.
Middle Atlantic States-History-Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Electronic books.
E99.D2 -- F87 2009eb
A Nation of Women : Gender and Colonial Encounters among the Delaware Indians. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (260 pages) - Early American Studies . - Early American Studies .
Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: "We Are But a Women Nation" -- One: The Power of Life: Gender and Organization in Lenape Society -- Two: Living Traditions in Times of Turmoil: Meniolagomekah -- Three: Powerful Women: Disruptive and Disorderly Women -- Four: Mapping the Future: Women and Visions -- Five: Metaphors and National Identity: Delawares-as-Women -- Six: What the Hermit Saw: Change and Continuity in the History of Gender and Encounters -- List of Abbreviations -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Acknowledgments.
A Nation of Women provides a history of the significance of gender in Lenape/Delaware encounters with Europeans, and a history of women in these encounters.
9780812201994
Delaware women-Social conditions-17th century.
Delaware women-Social conditions-18th century.
Delaware Indians-History.
Delaware Indians-Social life and customs.
Sex role-Middle Atlantic States-History.
Middle Atlantic States-History-Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Electronic books.
E99.D2 -- F87 2009eb