| Masked Gods: Navaho & Pueblo Ceremonialism Contributor(s): Waters, Frank (Author) |
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ISBN: 0804006415 ISBN-13: 9780804006415 Publisher: Swallow Press OUR PRICE: $29.65 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 1950 Annotation: "A fascinating and important book". -- The New York Times |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - Native American Studies - Religion |
| Dewey: 299.78 |
| LCCN: 73001799 |
| Physical Information: 1.04" H x 6.03" W x 9.1" (1.50 lbs) 432 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Southwest U.S. - Ethnic Orientation - Native American |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Masked Gods is a vast book, a challenging and profoundly original account of the history, legends, and ceremonialism of the Navaho and Pueblo Indians of the Southwest. Following a brief but vivid history of the two tribes through the centuries of conquest, the book turns inward to the meaning of Indian legends and ritual - Navaho songs, Pueblo dances, Zuni kachina ceremonies. Enduring still, these rituals and ceremonies express a view of life, of man's place in the creation, which is compared with Taoism and Buddhism - and with the aggressive individualism of the Western world. |