Navajo Blessingway Singer: The Autobiography of Frank Mitchell, 1881-1967 - Couverture souple

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ISBN 10 : 0826331815 ISBN 13 : 9780826331816

Editeur : UNM Press, 2003

Synopsis

This life history of a Navajo leader, recorded in the 1960s and first published in 1977, is a classic work in the study of Navajo history and religious traditions.

"A skillful, meticulous, and altogether praiseworthy contribution to Navajo studies. . . . Although the focus of Mitchell's autobiography is upon his role as a Blessingway singer, there is much material here on Navajo history and culture in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Mitchell attended the government school at Fort Defiance, worked on the railroad in Arizona, served as a handyman and interpreter at several trading posts and the Franciscan missions, and later served as a tribal councilman in the 1930s and as a judge in the 1940s and 1950s. His observations on these experiences are relevant to our understanding of contemporary Navajo life."—Lawrence C. Kelly, Western Historical Quarterly

"This book stands easily among the best of the 'native' autobiographies. Narrated by a thoughtful and articulate Navajo leader over a span of eighteen years, this life history is brought into English with none of the selective romanticizing that has spoiled some books. . . . (It is) a superb job of bringing one culture ever closer to another."—Barre Tolken, Western Folklore

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Charlotte J. Frisbie is a professor emerita of anthropology at Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville. Her earlier works include Tall Woman: The Life Story of Rose Mitchell, a Navajo Woman, c. 1874-1977 and Navajo Blessingway Singer: The Autobiography of Frank Mitchell, 1881-1967, both available from UNM Press.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: UNM Press
• Date d'édition: 2003
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0826331815
• ISBN 13: 9780826331816
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 472
• Éditeur: Frisbie Charlotte J., McAllester David
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: Simon and Schuster Netherlands BV, GPSR Europäische Union; info@simonandschuster.nl; ; Herculesplein 96; Utrecht; 3584 AA; Pays-Bas