Yaqui Deer Songs/Maso Bwikam: A Native American Poetry
A Nonfiction, Anthropology, Poetry book. Oh my! The amount of beauty within this book, and the...
Winner of the Chicago Folklore Prize "In both form and content, Yaqui Deer songs is one of the most beautiful anthropological books of recent years. It stands as part of the great tradition of collaborative work flowing from Boas and Teit, in which oral literature is presented, preserved, and sensitively translated." —Journal of Anthropological Research "A model for others interested in studying across languages and culture . . . Readers who wish a more realistic view of the Yaqui people than that provided by Carlos Castaneda will find this book of stories, songs, and photographs a credible account of Yaqui history and ritual." —Choice "The interweaving of ethnological material, personal anecdote and visual imagery gives a reader the sense of witnessing, even participating in, both a ceremony and the life it sanctifies." —San Francisco Chronicle "This is an important and beautifully produced book, a labor of love as well as of...
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- Pages: 239 pages
- ISBN: 9780816509959 / 816509956
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Oh my! The amount of beauty within this book, and the Traditional wisdom is quite beautiful, showing the cultural love for animals and the respect towards them that many cultures do not understand. It is also wonderful to connect with the history of my ancestors, though I wish I knew so much more of them... First off, the poetry makes me gasp in awe. Secondly, the translations are set side by side with the original, for easy and constant comparison. Notes explaining the translation process are given, as well.Thirdly, the authors take time to place the poems both in their own social context as well as that of the many outside societies...
