{"product_id":"red-dirt-women-at-home-on-the-oklahoma-plains-9780806143590","title":"Red Dirt Women: At Home on the Oklahoma Plains","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 \u003ci\u003eRed Dirt Women\u003c\/i\u003e, Susan Kates challenges these one-dimensional characterizations by exploring--and celebrating--the lives of contemporary Oklahoma women whose experiences are anything but predictable. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In essays both intensely personal and universal, \u003ci\u003e Red Dirt Women\u003c\/i\u003e reveals the author's 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 son's 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The women we meet in \u003ci\u003eRed Dirt Women\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Susan Kates\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Oklahoma Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/09\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 152\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.46lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.94h x 5.04w x 0.39d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780806143590\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAskew, Rilla:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eRilla Askew\u003c\/b\u003e, born and raised in eastern Oklahoma, is the award-winning author of four novels, \u003ci\u003eThe Mercy Seat\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFire in Beulah\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHarpsong\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eKind of Kin\u003c\/i\u003e, and a collection of linked stories, \u003ci\u003eStrange Business\u003c\/i\u003e. She teaches creative writing at the University of Oklahoma.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKates, Susan:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eSusan Kates\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of English and Women's Studies at the University of Oklahoma. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eActivist Rhetorics and American Higher Education, 1885-1937\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Oklahoma Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":41180626387059,"sku":"9.78081E+12","price":19.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_52bbd1ec-214e-4260-8381-f631d947a89f.jpg?v=1703693914","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/red-dirt-women-at-home-on-the-oklahoma-plains-9780806143590","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}