Gwich'in women, Gwich'in healing : responses of Northern Athabascans to postcolonial hegemonies
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DAI, 59, no. 05A, (1998): 1641
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1998
- Author
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Fast, Phyllis Ann.
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Harvard University
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DAI, 59, no. 05A, (1998): 1641
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1998
- Physical Holding
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Alaska Medical Library
- Keywords
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Gwich'in Indians -- Alaska -- Alcohol use; Athapascan Indians -- Alaska; Women -- Alaska; Alcoholism -- Alaska -- Social aspects.
- Abstract
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This study is about Alaskan Gwich'in Athabascans, Native Americans who grow up, make a living, and raise children in an addictive society. The work analyzes three inter-related issues: (1) position of women in Gwich'in society, (2) Gwich'in decision-making with respect toward adaptation under twentieth century complex constraints, and (3) local economy, sharing semiotics in context of economic and bureaucratic reproduction of addictive processes.
- Notes
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Dissertation: Held at Consortium Library general collection: WM270.F261 1998 Book
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