Cherokee Women: Gender and Culture Change 1700-1835 Theda Perdue University of Nebraska Press 1998 Cherokee Women: Gender and Culture Change, 1700-1835, is a well-organized and well-supported novel by Theda Perdue. Perdue writes an informative account of the history of Cherokee “social...

Achebe spends the majority of the first part of the novel depicting Igbo traditional culture. He accomplishes this by describing various festivals and religious rituals, such as a wedding, a funeral, and the Week of Peace. Additionally, the roles of men and women are represented through the main c...