Wind in a jar
by Farella, John R.
Published by : UNM Press (Albuquerque, NM) Physical details: xv, 164 p. ISBN:0826314074; 9780826314079. Year: 1993Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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305.9082 Her The Bell Curve | 305.973 Car Alienated America : | 306 Sto Myths, lies, and downright stupidity : get out the shovel-why eve | 306.01 Far Wind in a jar | 306.0947 Fit Everyday Stalinism : | 306.0951 Sto Understanding Chinese society | 306.095193090511 Dem Nothing to envy : |
This is a book about anthropology & particularly about doing fieldwork among the Navajo. It is ultimately a book about knowing & thinking about people & their experiences, but at its most basic level it is a book of stories about some Navajo people, their families, & some of their experiences. To introduce these stories, the author tells us a good deal about his own experiences in his profession, anthropology. When he is talking about Navajo people we experience their humanity & his, all of it in a remarkably direct prose style. An incredibly powerful book that is also a critique of contemporary American society & Western thought.
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