Zuni Ritual Poetry - Couverture souple

Bunzel, Ruth L

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1494051672 ISBN 13 : 9781494051679

Editeur : Literary Licensing, LLC, 2013

Synopsis

This is a new release of the original 1932 edition.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

This book is a detailed ethnographic accounts of Zuñi religious beliefs and practices, taken from The Forty-Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology, 1929-1930, the Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C. Chapters include: Prayers to the Ancients; Prayers to the sun; Prayers to the Uwanammi; Prayers of the war cult; Prayers and chants of priests of masked gods; and, Prayers of the medicine cult.

Biographie de l'auteur

Ruth Leah Bunzel (18 April 1898 – 14 January 1990) was an American anthropologist, known for her studies of the Zuni people and of alcoholism in two Latin American villages. She started her career as the secretary of Franz Boas, founder of anthropology at Columbia University, who encouraged her to take up anthropology directly.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Literary Licensing, LLC
• Date d'édition: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1494051672
• ISBN 13: 9781494051679
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 228
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible