{"id":1762,"date":"2016-09-22T08:00:04","date_gmt":"2016-09-22T13:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/library\/?p=1762"},"modified":"2016-07-25T09:25:21","modified_gmt":"2016-07-25T14:25:21","slug":"womens-power-womens-justice-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/library\/womens-power-womens-justice-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Women’s Power | Women’s Justice"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In our fifth Theme Thursday, we highlight Susan Hazen-Hammond’s 1999 book,\u00a0Spider Woman’s Web: Traditional Native American Tales about Women’s Power<\/a><\/em>. From the book’s cover: “In the Americas, the oral tradition has created one of the oldest surviving bodies of \"51pkFufrkJL._SX319_BO1,204,203,200_\"<\/a>literature on earth. Native American storytelling, in particular, stands out for its distinctive honoring of womanly power and the female forces of the universe.<\/p>\n

Gathered here are traditional versions of stories and songs that best portray this strength and vitality. Illuminating the scope of human behavior\u2014<\/b>from treacherous mates and medicine men to magical sages and murderous mothers\u2014<\/b>these tales offer universal truths. And for readers who wish to explore the transformative healing gifts of these stories in a more personal way, each is accompanied by thought-provoking exercises and meditations. Also included are brief introductions to provide historical and cultural context.<\/p>\n

Entertaining, educational, and inspirational, this collection of timeless wisdom will shed light on the lives of readers for generations to come.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In our fifth Theme Thursday, we highlight Susan Hazen-Hammond’s 1999 book,\u00a0Spider Woman’s Web: Traditional Native American Tales about Women’s Power. From the book’s cover: “In the Americas, the oral tradition has created one of the oldest surviving bodies of literature … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":500,"featured_media":1763,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1762","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ames-highlights","category-students"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/library\/files\/2016\/07\/51pkFufrkJL._SX319_BO1204203200_.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1762","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/500"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1762"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1762\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1764,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1762\/revisions\/1764"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1763"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1762"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}