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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.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
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.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Extended families
- Gender status
- Division of labor by gender
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Labor supply and employment
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Navajo
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2004
- 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.
- Ethnologist
- 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
- Richard A. Wagner ; 1985
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1951-1952
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1951-1952
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Fruitland, New Mexico, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Laila Shukry Hamamsy
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 111)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 175424
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Navajo Indians