Keepers of the Culture: The Power of Tradition in Women's Lives

By Janet Mancini Billson

This work offers insights into the question of why some women embrace the ideals of the women's movement, and others are hostile to it. By exploring women's lives in seven distinct and intact North American cultures - Iroquois, Mennonite, Innuit, Blood, West Indian, Chinese and Ukranian, - the author reveals how their roles and the balance of power between men and women have shifted as their communities have moved from traditional to more contemporary lifestyles.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0029035120
• ISBN13: 9780029035122
• Release Date: March 1995
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass
• Length: 476 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.5" x 9.5"