How mockingbirds are [[electronic resource] ] : O'odham ritual orations / / Donald Bahr

• Autore: Bahr Donald M
• Pubblicazione: Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2011
• 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.
• 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.: 9910781775603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: North American native peoples, past and present.