Malinche, Pocahontas, and Sacagawea : Indian women as cultural intermediaries and national symbols

Malinche, Pocahontas, and Sacagawea : Indian women as cultural intermediaries and national symbols

Indian women as cultural intermediaries and national symbols

Norman, OK : University of Oklahoma Press, 2015.

viii, 356 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

920.72 J25 2015

(OCoLC)908146072

" ... This study of three well-known female cultural intermediaries -- Malinche, Pocahontas, and Sacagawea -- examines their initial contact with Euro-Americans, their negotiation of multinational frontiers, and their symbolic representation over time ... Using wit and diplomacy learned in their Native cultures and often assigned to women, all three individuals hoped to benefit their own communities by engaging with the new arrivals. Drawing on history, anthropology, ethnohistory, and oral tradition, Jager demonstrates their shrewd use of diplomacy and fulfillment of social roles and responsibilities in pursuit of their communities' future advantage. Jager then delineates the symbolic roles that Malinche, Pocahontas, and Sacagawea came to play in national creation stories. Mexico and the United States have molded their legends to justify European colonization and condemn it, to explain Indian defeat and celebrate indigenous prehistory ...--Provided by publisher.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-342) and index.
L2022G70

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