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... Zunis did not have a " natural attitude . " A two - spirited Zuni man did woman's work and wore women's clothes . He negotiated his status with his own character and personality . Ruth Benedict remarks of such people : The men - women of ...
... Zunis did not have a " natural attitude . " A two - spirited Zuni man did woman's work and wore women's clothes . He negotiated his status with his own character and personality . Ruth Benedict remarks of such people : The men - women of ...
Page 175
... Zuni life and befriended We'wha . Gender categories at that time may not have been as firm as we believe . Tilly reported that her anthropological colleague , Frank Cushing , had not only gone native and wore Zuni ceremonial outfits ...
... Zuni life and befriended We'wha . Gender categories at that time may not have been as firm as we believe . Tilly reported that her anthropological colleague , Frank Cushing , had not only gone native and wore Zuni ceremonial outfits ...
Page 176
... Zuni Pueblo knitting would have attracted confused attention , since only men knitted ! So , was We'wha a male or a female ? The Zunis said a not - man but also a not- woman . Here's where it may be helpful to think of two - spirited ...
... Zuni Pueblo knitting would have attracted confused attention , since only men knitted ! So , was We'wha a male or a female ? The Zunis said a not - man but also a not- woman . Here's where it may be helpful to think of two - spirited ...
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Value Valued and Valuable | 12 |
The Great Whats for Dinner Debate | 18 |
Interpreting Food Work and the Facts of Life | 26 |
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