Margaret Bender: 2 books
Signs of Cherokee Culture
Sequoyah's Syllabary in Eastern Cherokee Life
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2003
Based on extensive fieldwork in the community of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians in western North Carolina, this book uses a semiotic approach to investigate the historic and contemporary role of the Sequoyan syllabary--the written system for representing the sounds of the Cherokee language--in...
Foreign at Home and Away
Foreign-Born Wives in the U.S. Foreign Service
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2002
An Indian-born foreign service officer killed in the U.S. embassy bombing in Nairobi, Kenya. An Austrian-born doctor who volunteered her medical skills in Japan, South Vietnam, and Iran. A French-speaking woman from a remote village in Gabon. These are just three of the women whose stories are told...