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The role of women in a changing Navajo society
American anthropologist • 59 • Published In 1957 • Pages: 101-111
By: Hamamsy, Laila Shukry.
Abstract
This article examines the changing roles of women in Navajo society. Data are from the Fruitland Irrigation Project in San Juan County in the northwest corner of New Mexico. Focus is on a summary of traditional roles, the new roles of women, and a discussion of how new economic positions are affecting social and family patterns. Key to understanding these processes are changing patterns of residence and land tenure imposed by White society. The author concludes that recent social and economic changes have adversely affected the economic position of women, their position within the family, and their 'sense of security and bargaining position in family interaction' (p. 109). Although wage work has compensated men for the loss of traditional livelihoods, women have no such alternative.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2004
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Southwest and Basin
- Document Type
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Richard A. Wagner ; 1985
- Field Date
- 1951-1952
- Coverage Date
- 1951-1952
- Coverage Place
- Fruitland, New Mexico, United States
- Notes
- Laila Shukry Hamamsy
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 111)
- LCCN
- 175424
- LCSH
- Navajo Indians