This pioneering work, first published in 1986, documents the continuing vitality of American Indian traditions and the crucial role of women in those traditions.
Product Details
ISBN-13: 9780807046173
Media Type: Paperback
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication Date: 09-01-1992
Pages: 336
Product Dimensions: 5.94(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.75(d)
About the Author
Paula Gunn Allen (1939-2008) was a professor of English at the University of California, Los Angeles, and a Native American of Laguna Pueblo and Sioux heritage. She authored many books, including The Sacred Hoop: Recovering the Feminine in American Indian Tradition, and was the editor of Spider Woman's Granddaughters: Traditional Tales and Contemporary Writing by Native American Women, which won an American Book Award in 1990.