The Sacred Hoop: Recovering the Feminine in American Indian Traditions

This pioneering work, first published in 1986, documents the continuing vitality of American Indian traditions and the crucial role of women in those traditions.

Author: Paula Gunn Allen
Publisher: Beacon Press
Published: 09/01/1992
Pages: 336
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.00d
ISBN13: 9780807046173
ISBN10: 0807046175
BISAC Categories:
- History | Indigenous Peoples in the Americas
- Social Science | Women's Studies
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies | American | Native American Studies

About the Author
Paula Gunn Allen (1939-2008) was a professor of English at the University of California, Los Angeles, and a Native American of Laguna Pueblo and Sioux heritage. She authored many books, including The Sacred Hoop: Recovering the Feminine in American Indian Tradition, and was the editor of Spider Woman's Granddaughters: Traditional Tales and Contemporary Writing by Native American Women, which won an American Book Award in 1990.