
A Woman's Place
Women Writing New Mexico
Maureen Reed(Author)
University of New Mexico Press
Will be published approx. on 30. May 2005
Book
Paperback/Softback
355 pages
978-0-8263-3346-9 (ISBN)
Description
This 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 romanticised New Mexican home they boosted publicly and the traditional gender roles they resisted privately. Their lives illustrate the difficulty of prioritising both tradition and individualism, but they also testify to the invigorating possibilities of cultural change.
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Edition
illustrated Edition annotated Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Albuquerque, NM
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Annotated edition
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
b/w photos
Dimensions
Height: 227 mm
Width: 154 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
544 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8263-3346-9 (9780826333469)
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Person
Maureen Reed is professor of American studies, Minnesota State University, Moorhead.