| The Book of the Hopi Contributor(s): Waters, Frank (Author) |
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ISBN: 0140045279 ISBN-13: 9780140045277 Publisher: Penguin Books OUR PRICE: $18.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 1977 Annotation: A revelation of the Hopi's historical and religious world view of life. Frank Waters combines Hopi art, history, tradition, myth, folklore and ceremonialism with dignity and authority. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - Native American Studies - History | Native American |
| Dewey: 970.004 |
| LCCN: 77001558 |
| Physical Information: 0.74" H x 5.14" W x 7.78" (0.59 lbs) 345 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Southwest U.S. - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Ethnic Orientation - Native American - Geographic Orientation - Arizona |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The secrets of the Hopi road of life revealed for the first time in written form In this strange and wonderful book, thirty elders of the ancient Hopi tribe of Northern Arizona--a people who regard themselves as the first inhabitants of America--freely reveal the Hopi worldview for the first time in written form. The Hopi kept this view a secret for countless centuries, and anthropologists have long struggled to understand it. Now they record their myths and legends, and the meaning of their religious rituals and ceremonies as a gift to future generations. Here is a reassertion of a rhythm of life we have disastrously tried to ignore and instincts we have tragically repressed, and a reminder that we must attune ourselves to the need for inner change if we are to avert a cataclysmic rupture between our minds and hearts. |