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"They said I would never amount to anything" : the life of a Kootenai woman

Creator:

Wheaton-Abraham, Jyl M.

Abstract:

There is a fundamental distortion in our understanding of Native people, especially Native women. This distortion is rooted in imperialism and the colonization of Native lands and has created a dominant/subordinate relationship between Non-Native/Native people. Anthropological life history research has traditionally reflected this relationship. As a Native woman, the author...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis
Expressions of modernity in rural Pakistan : searching for emic perspectives

Creator:

Niazi, Amarah

Abstract:

This dissertation examines women's lives in a rapidly urbanizing rural community in Southern Pakistan to understand their responses to modernity in developing societies. Applying a mixed-methods approach, socio-demographic data is collected and contrasted with oral history and personal narratives to analyze social change through women's access to education and reproductive...

Resource Type:

Dissertation