LEARNING to BE an ANTHROPOLOGIST by Beatrice Medicine

LEARNING to BE an ANTHROPOLOGIST by Beatrice Medicine

Includes the author's views of assimilation, bilingual education, and the adaptive strategies by which Native Americans have conserved and preserved their ancestral languages. This title presents her discussions of sex roles in contemporary Native American societies that encompass homosexual orientation among males and females.

"[This volume represents] a significant ouevre that spans five decades.. Offers a unique and useful history of this subdiscipline, as well as an incisive perspective on the relationship between Native Americans and anthropologists." -- Choice "These collected essays ought to be required reading for Aboriginal and Aboriginally involved educators, policymakers, 'identity-questers,' and anyone genuinely interested in conducting practical research with and among Aboriginal peoples." -- Kathleen Buddle, Canadian Journal of Native Education "Medicine writes a powerful and timely book on being a student of her own culture -- Indian... Medicine places the fragile relationship between Indians and anthropologists in historic perspective... A must read." -- Linda Rhone, MultiCultural Review ADVANCE PRAISE: "Dr. Medicine brings to an astounding array of topics a deep understanding based on her dual status as insider and anthropologist. Hers is a unique voice, full of wisdom and compassion. These essays are required reading for anyone interested in contemporary Native Americans." -- Raymond DeMallie, editor of North American Indian Anthropology: Essays on Society and Culture "There is no other scholar with Medicine's solid Indian roots, activism, and scholarly achievements and competence. This volume brings together her most important writings on Native American experience and issues. Thoroughly grounded in an Indian woman's experience but uniquely filtered through sophisticated anthropological training, these highly literate essays are a pleasure to read." -- Alice B. Kehoe, author of North American Indians: A Comprehensive Account "Bea Medicine has long been recognized as one of the major American Indian intellectuals of our time, and certainly as a foremost authority on Native American women. Her unique voice will now receive the recognition which is long overdue, and her major place in both anthropology and Native American Studies will become crystal clear." -- Jack D. Forbes, author of Africans and Native Americans: The Language of Race and the Evolution of Red-Black Peoples

Dr. Beatrice Medicine, professor emeritus of anthropology at California State University at Northridge, is the author of Native American Women: A Perspective and coeditor of The Hidden Half: Indian Women on the Plains.Sue-Ellen Jacobs is a professor of women's studies at the University of Washington at Seattle. Her books include Two-Spirit People: Native American Gender Identity, Sexuality, and Spirituality.Ted Garner, Beatrice Medicine's son, is a sculptor who lives in Chicago. He holds a B.F.A. from the Kansas City Art Institute. Faye V. Harrison is a professor of anthropology at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. Her books include African-American Pioneers in Anthropology.

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ISBN 13	9780252069796
ISBN 10	025206979X
Title	LEARNING to BE an ANTHROPOLOGIST
Author	Beatrice Medicine
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	University of Illinois Press
Year published	2001-08-08
Number of pages	400
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