Red Dirt Women: At Home on the Oklahoma Plains by Susan Kates (English) Paperbac

Description: Red Dirt Women by Susan Kates, Rilla Askew Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description The women we meet in Red Dirt Women are not politicians, governors wives, or celebrities - they are women of all ages and backgrounds who surround us every day and who are as diverse as Oklahoma itself. Publisher Description For many people who have never spent time in the state, Oklahoma conjures up a series of stereotypes: rugged cowboys, tipi-dwelling American Indians, uneducated farmers. When women are pictured at all, they seem frozen in time: as the bonneted pioneer woman stoically enduring hardship or the bedraggled, gaunt-faced mother familiar from Dust Bowl photographs. In Red Dirt Women, Susan Kates challenges these one-dimensional characterizations by exploring - and celebrating - the lives of contemporary Oklahoma women whose experiences are anything but predictable.In essays both intensely personal and universal, Red Dirt Women reveals the authors own heartaches and joys in becoming a parent through adoption, her love of regional treasures found in ""junk"" stores, and her deep appreciation of Miss Dorrie, her sons unconventional preschool teacher. Through lively profiles, interviews, and sketches, we come to know pioneer queens from the Panhandle, rodeo riders, casino gamblers, roller-derby skaters, and the ""Lady of Jade"" - a former ""boat person"" from Vietnam who now owns a successful business in Oklahoma City.As she illuminates the lives of these memorable Oklahoma women, Kates traces her own journey to Oklahoma with clarity and insight. Born and raised in Ohio, she confesses an initial apprehension about her adopted home, admitting that she felt ""vulnerable on the open lands."" Yet her original unease develops into a deep affection for the landscape, history, culture, and people of Oklahoma.The women we meet in Red Dirt Women are not politicians, governors wives, or celebrities - they are women of all ages and backgrounds who surround us every day and who are as diverse as Oklahoma itself. Author Biography Susan Kates is Associate Professor of English and Womens Studies at the University of Oklahoma. She is the author of Activist Rhetorics and American Higher Education, 1885-1937.Rilla Askew, born and raised in eastern Oklahoma, is the award-winning author of four novels, The Mercy Seat, Fire in Beulah, Harpsong, and Kind of Kin, and a collection of linked stories, Strange Business. She teaches creative writing at the University of Oklahoma. Details ISBN 0806143592 ISBN-13 9780806143590 Title Red Dirt Women Author Susan Kates, Rilla Askew Format Paperback Year 2013 Pages 152 Publisher University of Oklahoma Press GE_Item_ID:76286053; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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