essay

Cherokee

Encyclopedia of sex and gender : men and women in the world's culturesNew YorkPublished In 2003 • Pages: 356-363

By: Fox, Mary Jo Tippeconnic.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article centers around the concept of sex and gender in Cherokee society. Gender roles, especially in reference to women, are discussed in this study in terms of the life cycle, social groups, economics, parental and caretaker roles, leadership, religion, leisure, recreation, and the arts, sexuality, courtship and marriage, and husband and wife relationships. A final section of this work describes the specific changes that have taken place in attitudes, beliefs, and practices regarding gender roles from the eighteenth to the late twentieth centuries.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Acculturation and culture contact
Sociocultural trends
Division of labor by gender
Gender status
Clans
External relations
Gender roles and issues
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Cherokee
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2000
RegionThe area the document pertains to
North America
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
Eastern Woodlands
Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
essay
Evaluation
Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
Social Scientist
Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
4: Excellent Secondary Data
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
John Beierle ; 2006
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
no date
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1700-1995
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
North Carolina and Oklahoma, United States
NotesAdditional notes
Mary Jo Tippeconnic Fox
Includes bibliograpahical references (p. 363)
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
2003050649
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Cherokee Indians