Iroquoian Women

The Gantowisas

• Author(s): Barbara Alice Mann,
• Publisher: Peter Lang
• Pages: 540
• ISBN_10: 0820441538
  ISBN_13: 9780820441535
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Foreign Language Study / Miscellaneous , History / General , History / United States / 19th Century , History / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies) , Literary Criticism / General , Political Science / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism , Social Science / Anthropology / General , Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social , Social Science / Ethnic Studies / General , Social Science / Ethnic Studies / American / Native American Studies , Social Science / Women's Studies ,

Description:... Iroquoian Women: The Gantowisas provides a thorough, organized look at the social, political, economic, and religious roles of women among the Iroquois, explaining their fit with the larger culture. Gantowisas means more than simply «woman» - gantowisas is «woman acting in her official capacity» as fire-keeping woman, faith-keeping woman, gift-giving woman; leader, counselor, judge; Mother of the People. This is the light in which the reader will find her in Iroquoian Women. Barbara Alice Mann draws upon worthy sources, be they early or modern, oral or written, to present a Native American point of view that insists upon accuracy, not only in raw reporting, but also in analysis. Iroquoian Women is the first book-length study to regard Iroquoian women as central and indispensable to Iroquoian studies.