Patricia Barker Lerch
Biographic Data
| ID | 125482 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Patricia Barker Lerch |
| GIVEN NAMES | Patricia Barker |
| FAMILY NAME | Lerch |
| SIGNATURE | LERCH P B |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of North Carolina Wilmington |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1990 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
A Colonial Complex
Book Review| January 01 2007 A Colonial Complex: South Carolina's Frontiers in the Era of the Yamasee War, 1680-1730 A Colonial Complex: South Carolina's Frontiers in the Era of the Yamasee War, 1680-1730. By Steven J. Oatis. (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2004. $65.00 cloth.) Patricia Barker Lerch Patricia Barker Lerch Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Ethnohistory (2007) 54 (1): 205–206. https://doi.org/10.1215…
Reinventing Religions
An Amazonian Myth and Its History. Peter Gow. Oxford: Oxford University Press 2001. ix. 338 pp., plates, maps, appendix, references, index
Powwows as Identity Markers
This article examines powwows and Indian identity among the Waccamaw Sioux of North Carolina. Data are drawn from structured interviews. The results of our analyses suggest that the salience of powwows to Indian identity rests not in the authenticity of a powwow regarding local history and culture, but rather in the relationship of the activity to popular community participation. Local powwow participation ranks relatively high in importance to I…
Little Brazil
Emerging from the Chrysalis
Introduction Talikettukalyanam: The Marriage of Opposites Kinaalda: Becoming the Goddess Tiv Scarification: The Pattern of Time Festa das Mocas Novas: The Cosmic Tour The Rape of Persephone On the Nature of Women's Initiations Afterword: Rethinking Rituals of Women's Initiation Notes Bibliography Index
Pageantry, Parade, and Indian Dancing
Wombs and Alien Spirits
Adherents to the zar cult in northern Sudan encounter spirits that are parallels of historically relevant figures in the known human world. Those possessed, usually women, meet aliens who speak about issues confronting a village such as the increasing influence of formal Islam or encroaching Western economic domination. By manifesting spirits while possessed, women also can provocatively embody their moral antitheses. In learning to accommodate t…
A Solid Foundation
Barbados's tourist industry offers the opportunity to examine the relationship between the reproductive and the productive role of women. Power, income, and prestige measure success in the productive sphere. A stable union (marriage or consensual union) is a good predictor of higher income and more power in Barbados's tourist industry. Occupational prestige is influenced by education. Men fare better than women in tourism because they are securin…
Emerging from the Chrysalis
Introduction Talikettukalyanam: The Marriage of Opposites Kinaalda: Becoming the Goddess Tiv Scarification: The Pattern of Time Festa das Mocas Novas: The Cosmic Tour The Rape of Persephone On the Nature of Women's Initiations Afterword: Rethinking Rituals of Women's Initiation Notes Bibliography Index
Pageantry, Parade, and Indian Dancing
A Solid Foundation
Barbados's tourist industry offers the opportunity to examine the relationship between the reproductive and the productive role of women. Power, income, and prestige measure success in the productive sphere. A stable union (marriage or consensual union) is a good predictor of higher income and more power in Barbados's tourist industry. Occupational prestige is influenced by education. Men fare better than women in tourism because they are securin…
Wombs and Alien Spirits
Adherents to the zar cult in northern Sudan encounter spirits that are parallels of historically relevant figures in the known human world. Those possessed, usually women, meet aliens who speak about issues confronting a village such as the increasing influence of formal Islam or encroaching Western economic domination. By manifesting spirits while possessed, women also can provocatively embody their moral antitheses. In learning to accommodate t…
Pageantry, Parade, and Indian Dancing
Emerging from the Chrysalis
Introduction Talikettukalyanam: The Marriage of Opposites Kinaalda: Becoming the Goddess Tiv Scarification: The Pattern of Time Festa das Mocas Novas: The Cosmic Tour The Rape of Persephone On the Nature of Women's Initiations Afterword: Rethinking Rituals of Women's Initiation Notes Bibliography Index
Little Brazil
Powwows as Identity Markers
This article examines powwows and Indian identity among the Waccamaw Sioux of North Carolina. Data are drawn from structured interviews. The results of our analyses suggest that the salience of powwows to Indian identity rests not in the authenticity of a powwow regarding local history and culture, but rather in the relationship of the activity to popular community participation. Local powwow participation ranks relatively high in importance to I…
Reinventing Religions
An Amazonian Myth and Its History. Peter Gow. Oxford: Oxford University Press 2001. ix. 338 pp., plates, maps, appendix, references, index
A Colonial Complex
Book Review| January 01 2007 A Colonial Complex: South Carolina's Frontiers in the Era of the Yamasee War, 1680-1730 A Colonial Complex: South Carolina's Frontiers in the Era of the Yamasee War, 1680-1730. By Steven J. Oatis. (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2004. $65.00 cloth.) Patricia Barker Lerch Patricia Barker Lerch Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Ethnohistory (2007) 54 (1): 205–206. https://doi.org/10.1215…
Sociology (6 works) · History (4 works) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (3 works) · Citation (3 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · History (3 works) · Library science (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Anthropology (2 works)