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"Their works do follow them" : Tlingit women and Presbyterian missions Parry, Alison Ruth
Abstract
Using an ethnohistorical method which combines archival material with ethnographic material collected mostly by anthropologists, this thesis provides a history of Tlingit women's interaction with the Presbyterian missions. The Presbyterians, who began their work among the Tlingit of southeastern Alaska in the 1870s, were particularly concerned with the introduction of "appropriate" gender roles. Although participating in the roles and activities defined by the Presbyterians as "women's work", Tlingit women incorporated Presbyterian forms of practice into their own cultural frames of reference. The end result, unintended by the missionaries, was that Tlingit women were provided with a new power base.
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"Their works do follow them" : Tlingit women and Presbyterian missions
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University of British Columbia
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Date Issued |
1997
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Using an ethnohistorical method which combines archival material with ethnographic
material collected mostly by anthropologists, this thesis provides a history of Tlingit women's
interaction with the Presbyterian missions. The Presbyterians, who began their work among
the Tlingit of southeastern Alaska in the 1870s, were particularly concerned with the
introduction of "appropriate" gender roles. Although participating in the roles and activities
defined by the Presbyterians as "women's work", Tlingit women incorporated Presbyterian
forms of practice into their own cultural frames of reference. The end result, unintended by the
missionaries, was that Tlingit women were provided with a new power base.
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eng
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2009-03-12
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Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
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For non-commercial purposes only, such as research, private study and education. Additional conditions apply, see Terms of Use https://open.library.ubc.ca/terms_of_use.
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10.14288/1.0087661
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University of British Columbia
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1997-05
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Graduate
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