In this innovative, performative approach to the expressive culture of the Yaqui (Yoeme) peoples of the Sonora and Arizona borderlands, David Delgado Shorter provides an altogether fresh understanding of Yoeme worldviews. Based on extensive field study, Shorter's interpretation of the community's ceremonies and oral traditions as forms of "historical inscription" reveals new meanings of their legends of the Talking Tree, their Testamento narrative of myth and history, and their fabled deer dances, funerary rites, and church ...
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In this innovative, performative approach to the expressive culture of the Yaqui (Yoeme) peoples of the Sonora and Arizona borderlands, David Delgado Shorter provides an altogether fresh understanding of Yoeme worldviews. Based on extensive field study, Shorter's interpretation of the community's ceremonies and oral traditions as forms of "historical inscription" reveals new meanings of their legends of the Talking Tree, their Testamento narrative of myth and history, and their fabled deer dances, funerary rites, and church processions. Working collaboratively with Yoeme communities, Shorter has produced a scrupulous investigation that challenges received wisdom from both anthropological and New Age perspectives, demonstrates how Yoeme performances provide a counterdiscourse to earlier understandings of colonialism and conquest, and updates our knowledge of contemporary Yoeme society. Shorter's vivid descriptions and penetrating analyses vividly show how today's Yoeme peoples navigate the tribulations and opportunities of the twenty-first century.
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Fine in Fine jacket. 8vo-over 7¾-9¾" tall A beautiful clean crisp hardcover copy in fine condition. DJ in fine condition and in protective mylar cover.
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Very Good in Good jacket. Size: 6x1x9; Copyright 2009, no additional printings indicated. Very good hardcover with dust jacket. Binding is tight, sturdy, and square. Black cloth boards are unmarked with sharp corners. Silver gilt titling on spine is bright and bold. No previous owner markings. Text is very good throughout. Dust jacket has very minimal edgewear, light surface wear to rear panel, some bleed from the black cloth onto interior at top edge of rear panel not affecting exterior. Jacket arrives wrapped in protective Mylar. Due to the size/weight of this book extra charges may apply for international shipping. Ships same or next business day from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
