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Traditional Navajo women: ethnographic and life history portrayals

American Indian quarterly6 (1 & 2)Published In 1982 • Pages: 11-33

By: Frisbie, Charlotte Johnson.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this study, Frisbie examines the life of Navajo women before the Second World War based on ten ethnographies and 14 life histories. She discusses childbirth and child rearing, housekeeping, food preparation, farming, hauling, animal husbandry, recreation, arts and crafts, ritual knowledge and involvement, values, troubles and worries. She also looks at women's participation outside the home in history and politics.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Division of labor by gender
Gender status
Family relationships
Extended families
Gender roles and issues
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.
4: Excellent Secondary Data
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
Ian Skoggard ; 2003
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
not specified
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1871-1944
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
southwestern United States
NotesAdditional notes
Charlotte J. Frisbie
Includes bibliographical references (p. 29-33)
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
74647596
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Navajo Indians