Hidatsa Social and Ceremonial Organization (Paperback)

"Hidatsa Social and Ceremonial Organization," a study of an important horticultural Plains Indian tribe, synthesizes the rich material Alfred W. Bowers recorded in the early 1930s from the last generation of Hidatsas who lived in the historic village of Like-a-Fishhook. This documentary record of their nineteenth-century lifeways is now a classic in American ethnography. The book is distinguished for its presentation of extensive personal and ritual narratives that allow Hidatsa elders to articulate directly their conceptions of traditional culture. It combines archeological and ethnographic approaches to reconstruct a Hidatsa culture history that is shaped by a concern for cultural detail stemming from the American ethnographic tradition of Franz Boas. At the same time, its concern for the understanding of social structure reflects the influence of the British structural-functional approach of A. R. Radcliffe-Brown. The most comprehensive account ever published on the Hidatsas, it is of enduring value and interest.

General

Imprint:	Bison Books
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	October 1992
First published:	October 1992
Authors:	Alfred W. Bowers
Introduction by:	Douglas R. Parks
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 33mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade / Trade / Trade
Pages:	528
ISBN-13:	978-0-8032-6098-6
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Indigenous peoples Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Customs & folklore > Customs Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Human biology & related topics > Biological anthropology > General Promotions
LSN:	0-8032-6098-9
Barcode:	9780803260986

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