My Adventures in Zuñi

My Adventures in Zuñi
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Total Pages : 49
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ISBN-10 : 091058480X
ISBN-13 : 9780910584807
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Synopsis My Adventures in Zuñi by : Frank Hamilton Cushing

The Zuni and the American Imagination

The Zuni and the American Imagination
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Publisher : Hill and Wang
Total Pages : 219
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ISBN-10 : 9781466894105
ISBN-13 : 1466894105
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Synopsis The Zuni and the American Imagination by : Eliza McFeely

A bold new study of the Zuni, of the first anthropologists who studied them, and of the effect of Zuni on America's sense of itself The Zuni society existed for centuries before there was a United States, and it still exists in its desert pueblo in what is now New Mexico. In the late nineteenth century, anthropologists-among the first in this new discipline-came to Zuni to study it and, they believed, to salvage what they could of its tangible culture before it was destroyed, which they were sure would happen. Matilda Stevenson, Frank Hamilton Cushing, and Stewart Culin were the three most important of these early students of Zuni, and although modern anthropologists often disparage and ignore their work-sometimes for good, sometimes for poor reasons-these pioneers gave us an idea of the power and significance of Zuni life that has endured into our time. They did not expect the Zuni themselves to endure, but they have, and the complex relation between the Zuni as they were and are and the Zuni as imagined by these three Easterners is at the heart of Eliza McFeely's important new book. Stevenson, Cushing, and Culin are themselves remarkable subjects, not just as anthropology's earliest pioneers but as striking personalities in their own right, and McFeely gives ample consideration, in her colorful and absorbing study, to each of them. For different reasons, all three found professional and psychological satisfaction in leaving the East for the West, in submerging themselves in an alien and little-known world, and in bringing back to the nation's new museums and exhibit halls literally thousands of Zuni artifacts. Their doctrines about social development, their notions of "salvage anthropology," their cultural biases and predispositions are now regarded with considerable skepticism, but nonetheless their work imprinted Zuni on the American imagination in ways we have yet to measure. It is the great merit of McFeely's fascinating work that she puts their intellectual and personal adventures into a just and measured perspective; she enlightens us about America, about Zuni, and about how we understand each other.

The Early Years of Native American Art History

The Early Years of Native American Art History
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Publisher : University of Washington Press
Total Pages : 268
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ISBN-10 : 0295972025
ISBN-13 : 9780295972022
Rating : 4/5 (25 Downloads)

Synopsis The Early Years of Native American Art History by : Janet Catherine Berlo

This collection of essays deals with the development of Native American art history as a discipline rather than with particular art works or artists. It focuses on the early anthropologists, museum curators, dealers, and collectors, and on the multiple levels of understanding and misunderstanding, a

Cushing at Zuni

Cushing at Zuni
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Total Pages : 466
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015018476344
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Synopsis Cushing at Zuni by : Frank Hamilton Cushing

Early Man and the Cosmos

Early Man and the Cosmos
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Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Total Pages : 292
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ISBN-10 : 0806119195
ISBN-13 : 9780806119199
Rating : 4/5 (95 Downloads)

Synopsis Early Man and the Cosmos by : Evan Hadingham

An examination of ancient astronomy looks at the myths and beliefs about the heavens that influenced everyday life in these primitive cultures

My Adventures in Zuni [By F.H. Cushing]

My Adventures in Zuni [By F.H. Cushing]
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Publisher : Andesite Press
Total Pages : 60
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ISBN-10 : 1296524140
ISBN-13 : 9781296524142
Rating : 4/5 (40 Downloads)

Synopsis My Adventures in Zuni [By F.H. Cushing] by : Frank Hamilton Cushing

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Poole's Index to Periodical Literature

Poole's Index to Periodical Literature
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Total Pages : 506
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ISBN-10 : OSU:32435051663433
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Synopsis Poole's Index to Periodical Literature by : William Isaac Fletcher

The Heart is a Mirror

The Heart is a Mirror
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Publisher : Wayne State University Press
Total Pages : 712
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ISBN-10 : 0814329713
ISBN-13 : 9780814329719
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Synopsis The Heart is a Mirror by : Tamar Alexander-Frizer

"In part 1, Alexander-Frizer investigates the relationship between folk literature and group identity via the stories' connection to Hebrew canonical sources, their historical connection to the land of origin, their treatment of prominent family members and historical events, and their connection to the surrounding culture in the lands of the Spanish Diaspora. Part 2 contains an analysis of several important genres and subgenres present in the folktales, including legends, ethical tales, fairy tales, novellas, and humorous tales. Finally, in part 3, Alexander-Frizer discusses the art of storytelling, introducing the theatrical and rhetorical aspects of Sephardic folktales, such as the storyteller, the audience, and the circumstances of time and place."--BOOK JACKET.

Forked Tongues

Forked Tongues
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Publisher : Indiana University Press
Total Pages : 202
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ISBN-10 : 0253339421
ISBN-13 : 9780253339423
Rating : 4/5 (21 Downloads)

Synopsis Forked Tongues by : David Murray

..". creates a new definition of American Indian literary texts as aself-representational genre. This is an intelligent and insightful application ofpost-modern critical methods to American Indian texts. The scope of the study isbroad and ambitious, and the attempt to define Indian self-representations fromcolonial times to the present is innovative and instructive." -- Raymond J.DeMallie ..". very suggestive, provocative, engaging... --Studies in American Indian Literatures ..". Murray's bookestablishes itself as the single best introduction to Native American text-making inparticular and the betrayals of the translation in general. An essential acquisitionfor all college and university libraries, and highly recommended for larger publiclibraries." -- Choice "It is a pleasure to recommendwith wholehearted enthusiasm David Murray's Forked Tongues." -- WesternAmerican Literature