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Titolo |
Landscapes of origin in the Americas [[electronic resource] ] : creation narratives linking ancient places and present communities / / edited by Jessica Joyce Christie |
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Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c2009 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (221 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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ChristieJessica Joyce <1956-> |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Indians - Origin |
Indian mythology - America |
Sacred space - America |
Indians |
Creation - Mythology - America |
Physical geography - America |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Eyes Are Looking at It / Jessica Joyce Christie. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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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UNINA9910781799403321 |
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Autore |
Johnson Victoria L (Victoria Lee) |
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How many machine guns does it take to cook one meal? [[electronic resource] ] : the Seattle and San Francisco general strikes / / Victoria Johnson |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Seattle, : University of Washington Press, c2008 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (182 p.) |
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Collana |
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Samuel and Althea Stroum book |
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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 |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Note generali |
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"A Samuel and Althea Stroum book." |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 147-155) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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. |
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