Circle of goods :: women, work, and welfare in a reservation community /

Circle of Goods compiles the stories of Native American women and examines their kinship, wage work, and informal economies. Responding to the upheavals of reservation life brought about by federal policies -- from commodity rations to welfare reform -- Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara women, each with d...

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1. Verfasser: Berman, Tressa Lynn
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2003.
Schriftenreihe:SUNY series in the anthropology of work.
SUNY series in anthropological studies of contemporary issues.
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Zusammenfassung:Circle of Goods compiles the stories of Native American women and examines their kinship, wage work, and informal economies. Responding to the upheavals of reservation life brought about by federal policies -- from commodity rations to welfare reform -- Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara women, each with distinct histories and cultural practices, stand at the center of the Fort Berthold reservation economy. Berman introduces the concept of ceremonial relations of production to explain the contradictory effects of economic incentives and cultural commitments, and argues that the historical movement of people and goods through a series of structured dependencies often gives rise to creative strategies for survival and new social identities.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xviii, 154 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780791487891
079148789X
0791455351
9780791455357
9780791455364
079145536X

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