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Making Mennonites: Hopi gender roles and Christian transformation
Ethnohistory • 43 (4) • Published In 1996 • Pages: 593-611
By: Notarianni, Diane M..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document explores the transformation of gender roles through missionary influence from the arrival of the first Mennonite missionaries in 1893 to the mid twentieth century. Two themes are developed in this study; the introduction by missionaries of sewing into the arena of women, and wage labor into the arena of men. According to the author the first of the above had an impact on conversion attempts, while the second affected the structure of family relations. Empirical data are also presented concerning female and male patterned responses to conversion (p. 593). Brief biographical sketches of two converts to the Mennonite church -- Tuwaletstewa (K. T. Johnson) and Lomavitu (Otto) -- are given at the end of this work.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Life history materials
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Sociocultural trends
- Gender status
- Clans
- Congregations
- Religious denominations
- Missions
- Gender roles and issues
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Hopi
- 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
- Southwest and Basin
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Unknown
- 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.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle; 1999
- 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
- 1598 - mid twentieth century
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Oraibi (Orayvi) pueblo, Third Mesa, northeastern Arizona, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Diane M. Notarianni
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 609-611)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- sn94089987
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Hopi Indians