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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..
Abstract
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.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2000
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Southwest and Basin
- Document Type
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Unknown
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- John Beierle; 1999
- Field Date
- no date
- Coverage Date
- 1598 - mid twentieth century
- Coverage Place
- Oraibi (Orayvi) pueblo, Third Mesa, northeastern Arizona, United States
- Notes
- Diane M. Notarianni
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 609-611)
- LCCN
- sn94089987
- LCSH
- Hopi Indians