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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456408303321

Titolo

Landscapes of origin in the Americas [[electronic resource] ] : creation narratives linking ancient places and present communities / / edited by Jessica Joyce Christie

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c2009

ISBN

0-8173-8247-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (221 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

ChristieJessica Joyce <1956->

Disciplina

398.2089/97

Soggetti

Indians - Origin

Indian mythology - America

Sacred space - America

Indians

Creation - Mythology - America

Physical geography - America

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction / Jessica Joyce Christie -- The Center of the World : The Principle People and the Great Smoky Mountains / Christopher Arris Oakley -- Xeroxed on Stone : Times of Origin and the Navajo Holy People in Canyon Landscapes / Polly Schaafsma, Will Tsosie -- Nuvagantu, "Where Snow Sits'" : Origin Mountains of the Southern Paiutes / Richard Stoffle, Richard Arnold,  Kathleen Van Vlack, Larry Eddy, Betty Cornelius -- Origin Narratives, Places, and Concepts among the 'Namgis, a Kwakwaka' wakw Group in British Columbia, Canada / Jessica Joyce Christie -- Malinalco : A Place between Heaven and Earth / Manuel Aguilar-Moreno -- The Map of the Province of Mani: A Record of Landscape and Northern Maya Lowland Concepts of Origin / Merideth Paxton -- Ancestral Presence at the Navel of the World : Francisco Sojuel and Santiago Atitlan / Allen J. Christenson -- Landscapes as Metaphor : Resources, Language, and Myths of Dynastic Origin on the Pacific Coast from the Santa Valley (Peru) to Manabi (Ecuador) / Patricia J. Netherly -- Inka Pacariqtambo : It Depends Which



Eyes Are Looking at It / Jessica Joyce Christie.

Sommario/riassunto

Landscape is a powerful factor in the operation of memory because of the associations narrators make between the local landscape and the events of the stories they tell. Ancestors and mythological events often become fixed in a specific landscape and act as timeless reference points.   In conventional anthropological literature, ""landscape"" is the term applied to the meaning local people bestow on their cultural and physical surroundings. In this work, the authors explore the cultural and physical landscapes an individual or cultural group has constructed to define the origins o

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781799403321

Autore

Johnson Victoria L (Victoria Lee)

Titolo

How many machine guns does it take to cook one meal? [[electronic resource] ] : the Seattle and San Francisco general strikes / / Victoria Johnson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Seattle, : University of Washington Press, c2008

ISBN

0-295-80215-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (182 p.)

Collana

Samuel and Althea Stroum book

Disciplina

331.892/5097946109044

Soggetti

General Strike, Seattle, Wash., 1919

General Strike, San Francisco, Calif., 1934

Strikes and lockouts - United States - History - 20th century

Working class - United States - History - 20th century

Labor movement - United States - History - 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"A Samuel and Althea Stroum book."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 147-155) and index.

Nota di contenuto

New wine in old bottles : rethinking American exceptionalism -- "A new power and a new world" : the Seattle General Strike, 1919 -- "To organize and control the job" : the San Francisco General Strike, 1934 -- Explaining general strikes: the instrumentality of culture -- The making of moral certitude : institutions, identities, and resonance.