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Book SynopsisThe cosmic Twinship of Earth (women) and Sky (men) requires a gender balance. Earth issues lose cogency when left to Sky. Part of the "Native America: Yesterday and Today" series, this title initiates the process of righting Earth and Sky proportions by reframing Indian issues as properly gendered.
Trade ReviewBelieving that it is important to privilege the voices of Native American women over those of Eurocentric male writers of Native American history, Mann presents four essays that explore issues of Native American history and culture. The major topics include the role of dress and dance in the lifeways of Indians, the need to reconstitute traditional social structures, how the imposition of European culture disempowered Native American women, and the need to repair cultural communication between Native Americans of the east and the west of the Mississippi. * Reference & Research Book News *
Daughters of Mother Earth: The Wisdom of Native American Women tells about the recovery of women's traditions, an important theme in the collection of essays in this volume. * Multicultural Review *
College-level collections strong in Native American studies will welcome
Daughters of Mother Earth: The Wisdom of Native American Women. It goes beyone women's studies alone, maintaining that elements unnatural to Native ways of knowing have been imposed on the study of Native America's elements consisting of European prejudice and male privilege. This focus on women's traditions provides essays which examines Indian lifestyles and history through women's lives and eyes. A fine approach which adds different perspective to Native history and issues. * Internet Bookwatch/The Bookwatch *
Table of ContentsForeword Series Foreword Preface Does Euro-Think Become Us? by Paula Gunn Allen Decolonizing Native Women by Lee Maracle Weeping for the Lost Matriarchy by Kay Givens McGowan Bigliography Index
