Theda Perdue is a professor of history at the University Of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She has written or edited ten books, including Cherokee Women: Gender and Culture Change, 1700-1835 and Slavery and the Evolution of Cherokee Society, 1540-1866.
In these three pointed essays, Perdue contends that scholars of the
Native American South have yet to cast off the racist legacy of the
antebellum era. Her uncompromising argument engages a debate that
is certain to become central to the next generation of
scholarship.--Claudio Saunt "author of A New Order of Things:
Property, Power, and the Transformation of the Creek Indians,
1733-1816"
In these trenchant essays, Perdue explores the nexus of race,
gender, culture, and power and shatters the legitimacy of
historical representation based on 'blood' in regard to
southeastern Indians studies. In its place, she crafts an
insightful narrative that restores Native cultural values and views
to a central place in the story. Her well-written and elegantly
argued work will enlighten scholars and general readers
alike.--Kathryn Braund "author of Deerskins and Duffels: Creek
Indian Trade with Anglo-America, 1685-1815"
'Mixed Blood' Indians appears at a crucial point in the study of
colonialism, race, and American history. [Perdue] speaks
provocatively to emerging studies of 'the intimacies of empire, '
as well as to the current concern about the ideological power of
'blood' in American Indian communities.--Journal of Colonialism and
Colonial History
[This] book should prove to be an invaluable resource to the
process of replacing soon-to-be archaic explanations of the impact
of interracial marriages on Native-American societies with
information that is much more accurate and enlightening.--Journal
of the Early Republic
An interpretive tour de force by one of the finest historians of
Native America. Purdue summarizes so many issues so succinctly and
memorably that the book will make an excellent supplementary text
in United States history survey courses.--Journal of American
Ethnic History
From her exploration of the development of Cherokee slavery to her
recent study of Cherokee gender roles, Perdue has established
herself as the preeminent historian of the native South. . . . The
book is gracefully written, engaging, and bristling with historical
and historiographical arguments. Students of native, southern, and,
more broadly, United States history ought to take notice, for
challenges Perdue levels against the term 'mixed blood' could as
well be brought to bear on other historiographical commonplaces
like Indian, black, and white.--North Carolina Historical
Review
Perdue has written extensively on Indians of the Southeast. 'Mixed
Blood' Indians is a fine addition to her body of work.--Charleston
Post & Courier
Promises to enliven the debate over the importance of race in
southern Indian society. By offering an interpretation rooted in
native cultural values, Perdue presents an alternative to the
racial categories and thinking that seemingly dominate the
field.--Journal of Southern History
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