Pueblo Indian Religion, Volume 2 (Paperback, Bison Books ed)

The rich religious beliefs and ceremonials of the Pueblo Indians of Arizona and New Mexico were first synthesized and compared by ethnologist Elsie Clews Parsons. Prodigious research and a quarter-century of fieldwork went into her 1939 encyclopedic two-volume work, Pueblo Indian Religion.

The author gives an integrated picture of the complex religious and social life in the pueblos, including Zuni, Acoma, Laguna, Taos, Isleta, Sandia, Jemez, cochiti, Santa Clara, San Felipe, Santa Domingo, San Juan, and the Hopi villages.

Volume 2 presents an extensive body of solstice, installation, initiation, war, weather, curing, kachina, and planting and harvesting ceremonies as well as games, animal dances, and offerings to the dead. A review of Pueblo ceremonies from town to town considers variations and borrowings. Today, a half century after its original publication, Pueblo Indian Religion remains central to studies of Pueblo religious life.

General

Imprint:	Bison Books
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	April 1996
First published:	April 1996
Authors:	Elsie Clews Parsons
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 39mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	760
Edition:	Bison Books ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-8032-8736-5
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Alternative belief systems > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > Alternative belief systems > General
LSN:	0-8032-8736-4
Barcode:	9780803287365

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