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Autore: | Bahr Donald M |
Titolo: | How mockingbirds are : O'odham ritual orations / / Donald Bahr |
Pubblicazione: | Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2011 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (187 p.) |
Disciplina: | 979.1004/974552 |
Soggetto topico: | Indian mythology - Arizona |
Indian mythology - Mexico - Sonora (State) | |
Pima Indians - Arizona - Rites and ceremonies | |
Pima Indians - Mexico - Sonora (State) - Rites and ceremonies | |
Speeches, addresses, etc., Indian - Arizona | |
Speeches, addresses, etc., Indian - Mexico - Sonora (State) | |
Tohono O'odham Indians - Arizona - Rites and ceremonies | |
Tohono O'odham Indians - Mexico - Sonora (State) - Rites and ceremonies | |
Soggetto geografico: | Arizona Social life and customs |
Sonora (Mexico : State) Social life and customs | |
Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 163-164) and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Introduction: The O'odham mockingbird texts, the background, and the argument -- The origin stories behind the wine drinks -- The ceremonies -- The speeches -- The mockingbird, big talker or rain doctor? -- Summary and conclusions -- Appendix 1: Two non-O'odham stories for comparison -- Appendix 2: Vanyiko's matches for all of the portions of Thin Leather's speech -- Appendix 3: Chart of the texts; orations and stories. |
Sommario/riassunto: | Brilliant analysis of the power of ritual orations in a southwestern American Indian community. |
Titolo autorizzato: | How mockingbirds are |
ISBN: | 1-4384-3527-4 |
1-4416-9785-3 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910816958103321 |
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