The Sacred Hoop: Recovering the Feminine in American Indian Traditions

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book literary criticism work of Native American studies

The Sacred Hoop: Recovering the Feminine in American Indian Traditions is a groundbreaking work of Native American literary and cultural criticism that re-centers Indigenous women’s roles and feminist perspectives within tribal traditions and worldviews.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	book ⓘ literary criticism ⓘ work of Native American studies ⓘ
aimsTo	challenge dominant Western narratives about Native cultures ⓘ recover suppressed Indigenous women’s traditions ⓘ
associatedWith	Paula Gunn Allen’s Laguna Pueblo heritage ⓘ
author	Paula Gunn Allen NERFINISHED ⓘ
contributesTo	Native American literary studies ⓘ feminist scholarship on Indigenous peoples ⓘ women’s studies ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
critiques	Eurocentric literary criticism ⓘ patriarchal interpretations of Native cultures ⓘ
emphasizes	centrality of women in tribal societies ⓘ spiritual dimensions of Indigenous feminism ⓘ
examines	impact of colonization on Indigenous gender roles ⓘ relationships between gender and tribal sovereignty ⓘ representations of Native women in literature ⓘ
focusesOn	Native American oral traditions ⓘ myth and storytelling ⓘ re-centering Indigenous women’s roles ⓘ tribal worldviews ⓘ
genre	cultural criticism ⓘ feminist theory ⓘ
influenced	scholarship on Native women’s literature ⓘ subsequent Indigenous feminist theorists ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
mainSubject	American Indian traditions ⓘ Indigenous feminism ⓘ Native American spirituality ⓘ Native American women NERFINISHED ⓘ feminist literary criticism ⓘ
notableFor	groundbreaking integration of feminism and Native traditions ⓘ influential role in Indigenous feminist discourse ⓘ
perspective	Native feminist perspective ⓘ
publicationPeriod	late 20th century ⓘ
publisher	Beacon Press NERFINISHED ⓘ
structure	collection of essays ⓘ
usedIn	courses on feminist theory ⓘ university courses in Native American studies ⓘ university courses in women’s and gender studies ⓘ

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