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Hopi family structure and the experience of widowhood

on their own : widows and widowhood in the american southwest 1848-1939 • Urbana And Chicago • Published In 1988 • Pages: 42-64

By: Schlegel, Alice.

Abstract

This article discusses widowhood in Hopi society as it existed from the time of the first major penetration of the outside world in the 1860s to World War II. The author describes the traditional pattern and how it began to change …"as the Hopi began their transformation from a tribal society, based on subsistence horticulture and organized around corporate clans, to class society, in which sustenance came rom wage labor, social benefits, and entrepreneural activities" (p. 42). Of particular interest in this study is the changed status of the widow/widower, their relationship to their household and clan, and the degree to which they suffered economic deprivation from the loss of their respective spouses.

HRAF PubDate

2000

Region

North America

Sub Region

Southwest and Basin

Document Type

essay

Evaluation

Creator Type

Ethnologist

Document Rating

5: Excellent Primary Data

Analyst

John Beierle; 1999

Field Date

no date

Coverage Date

1860s - 1945

Coverage Place

Hopi pueblos, First, Second, and Third Mesas, northeastern Arizona, United States

Notes

Alice Schlegel

Includes bibliographical references

LCCN

86030850

LCSH

Hopi Indians