An edition of The Sacred Hoop (1986)

The sacred hoop

recovering the feminine in American Indian traditions : with a new preface

1st digital-print ed. 2004.
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The sacred hoop
Paula Gunn Allen
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An edition of The Sacred Hoop (1986)

The sacred hoop

recovering the feminine in American Indian traditions : with a new preface

1st digital-print ed. 2004.
  • 4.00 ·
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  • 22 Want to read
  • 1 Currently reading
  • 2 Have read

"This pioneering work, first published in 1986, documents the continuing vitality of the American Indian tradition and of women's leadership within that tradition. In her new preface to this edition, Allen reflects on the remarkable resurgence of American Indian pride and culture in the last decade"--Back cover.

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Beacon Press
Language
English
Pages
311

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Sacred Hoop: Recovering the Feminine in American Indian Traditions
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The sacred hoop: recovering the feminine in American Indian traditions : with a new preface
2004, Beacon Press
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The Sacred Hoop: Recovering the Feminine in American Indian Traditions
1988, Beacon Press
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1988, Beacon Press
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Table of Contents

Introduction
The ways of our grandmothers: Grandmother of the sun : ritual gynocracy in Native America ; When women throw down bundles : strong women make strong nations ; Where I come from is like this
The word warriors: The sacred hoop : a contemporary perspective ; Whose dream is this anyway? : remythologizing and self-definition in contemporary American Indian fiction ; Something sacred going on out there : myth and vision in American Indian literature ; The feminine landscape of Leslie Marmon Silko's Ceremony ; A stranger in my own life : alienation in American Indian poetry and prose ; The ceremonial motion of Indian time : long ago, so far ; Answering the deer : genocide and continuance in the poetry of American Indian women ; This wilderness in my blood : spiritual foundations of the poetry of five American Indian women
Pushing up the sky: Angry women are building : issues and struggles facing American Indian women today ; How the West was really won ; Who is your mother? : Red roots of White feminism ; Kochinnenako in academe : three approaches to interpreting a Keres Indian tale ; Hwame, Koshkalaka, and the rest : lesbians in American Indian cultures ; Stealing the thunder : future visions for American Indian women, tribes, and literary studies.

Edition Notes

Originally published: 1986.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-293) and index.

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Boston

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Library of Congress
E98.W8 A44 2004, E98.W8 A44 2004

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Pagination
xvii, 311 p. ;
Number of pages
311

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OL18280303M
ISBN 10
0807046175
ISBN 13
9780807046173
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This pioneering work documents the continuing vitality of the American Indian tradition and of women's leadership within that tradition. In her new preface to this edition, Allen reflects on the remarkable resurgence of American Indian pride and culture in recent times.

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