| Living Life's Circle: Mescalero Apache Cosmovision Contributor(s): Farrer, Claire R. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0826315607 ISBN-13: 9780826315601 Publisher: University of New Mexico Press OUR PRICE: $29.65 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 1994 Annotation: This is one of the first works devoted to the emergent new interdiscipline of ethnoastronomy, the study of how the sky and its movements form 'templates' for life in particular cultures. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - Native American Studies |
| Dewey: 299.72 |
| LCCN: 91023668 |
| Physical Information: 0.85" H x 6.02" W x 9.01" (1.02 lbs) 288 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Southwest U.S. - Ethnic Orientation - Native American - Geographic Orientation - New Mexico |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The product of more than fifteen years contact and life with the Mescalero people in southern New Mexico, Living Life's Circle is one of the first works devoted to the emergent new interdiscipline of ethnoastronomy, the study of how the sky and its movements form templates for life in particular cultures. Urged by her friend and mentor, the remarkable singer and medicine man Bernard Second, to Pay attention, Farrer began to recognize a powerful primary metaphor based on acute astronomical observation and its direct relevance to all aspects of Mescalero life. Should be read by every student of culture.--M. Jane Young |
Contributor Bio(s): Farrer, Claire R.: - Claire R. Farrer was visiting professor of Southwest studies at Colorado College and was named the NEH/Harry Jack Gray Distinguished Visiting Professor, 2002-2003, at the University of Hartford, Connecticut. |
