African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
364 p, Contents: Introduction and theoretical considerations / Erika Bourguignon -- The contemporary Saudi woman / Sherri Deaver -- Women of Brunei / Linda A. Kimball -- Women's role in a Muslim Hausa town (Mirria, Republic of Niger) / Margaret O. Saunders -- Dioula women in town : a view of intra-ethnic variation (Ivory Coast) / Risa S. Ellovich -- Spirit magic in the social relations between men and women (São Paulo, Brazil) / Esther Pressel -- Spirit mediums in Umbanda Evangelizada of Porto Alegre, Brazil : dimensions of power and authority / Patricia Barker Lerch -- Sex and status : women in St. Vincent / Jeannette H. Henney -- Adaptive strategies and social networks of women in St. Kitts / Judith D. Gussler -- Women in Yucatán / Felicitas D. Goodman -- The uses of traditional concepts in the development of new urban roles : Cuban women in the United States / Margaret S. Boone -- The life of Sarah Penfield, rural Ohio grandmother : tradition maintained, tradition threatened / Rosemary Joyce -- The economic role of women in Alaskan Eskimo society / Lynn Price Ager -- Comparisons and implications : what have we learned? / Erika Bourguignon.
