Life among the Indians First Fieldwork among the Sioux and Omahas |
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| Author:
| Fletcher, Alice C. |
| Editor:
| Scherer, Joanna C.
DeMallie, Raymond J. |
| Series title: | Studies in the Anthropology of North Ame Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8032-4115-2 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2013 |
| Publisher: | University of Nebraska Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $93.50 |
Book Description:
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Alice C. Fletcher was a pioneer in the practice of participant-observation ethnography. She focused her studies over many years among the Native tribes in Nebraska and South Dakota. Life Among the Indians, written in 1886-87 reveals a complex and fascinating picture of a woman questioning the cultural and gender expectations of nineteenth-century America while portraying rapidly changing reservation life.
Alice C. Fletcher was a pioneer in the practice of participant-observation ethnography. She focused her studies over many years among the Native tribes in Nebraska and South Dakota. Life Among the Indians, written in 1886-87 reveals a complex and fascinating picture of a woman questioning the cultural and gender expectations of nineteenth-century America while portraying rapidly changing reservation life.