A Woman's Place: Women Writing New Mexico - Brossura

Reed, Maureen E.

 
9780826333469: A Woman's Place: Women Writing New Mexico
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ISBN 10: 082633346X ISBN 13: 9780826333469
Casa editrice: Univ of New Mexico Pr, 2005

Sinossi

A Woman's Place, a collective biography of six remarkable twentieth-century New Mexicans, sheds light on the distinct role of women in shaping American multi-culturalism. Maureen Reed recounts the lives of Mary Austin and Mabel Dodge Luhan, both Anglo American literary figures; Cleofas Jaramillo and Fabiola Cabeza de Baca, both Hispanic authors and folklorists; Kay Bennett, a Navajo writer and political activist; and Pablita Velarde, a Pueblo Indian painter and author.

Reed shows how the emerging ideal of multiculturalism guided these women's efforts to preserve tradition even as it limited their ability to speak honestly about their lives. They endured painful conflicts between the romanticized New Mexican home they boosted publicly and the traditional gender roles they resisted privately. Their lives illustrate the difficulty of prioritizing both tradition and individualism, but they also testify to the invigorating possibilities of cultural change.


From Maureen Reed's Introduction:


"As perceived keepers of homes, [New Mexican women] have passed down recipes, preserved folklore, and maintained customs. While such activities do not necessarily require that women lead traditional lives, women in New Mexico have experienced their own distinct form of homesickness in that they are perceived as needing to act traditionally in order to contribute to the state's multicultural mission."

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Informazioni sull'autore

Maureen Reed is professor of American studies, Minnesota State University, Moorhead.

Dalla quarta di copertina

Profiles of six remarkable women writers and artists whose work was shaped significantly by their relationship with New Mexico.

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Editore
Univ of New Mexico Pr
Data di pubblicazione
2005
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
082633346X
ISBN 13 
9780826333469
Rilegatura
Copertina flessibile
Numero di pagine
355
Contatto del produttore
non disponibile
Persona responsabile
Simon and Schuster Netherlands BV
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