From 1933 to 1937, famed anthropologist Edward T. Hall, author of the classic The Silent Language, lived and worked on the Navajo and Hopi reservations in Arizona. West of the Thirties is the story of Hall as a young man discovering his way in what might have been another century and another world,...

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1. Verfasser:	Hall, Edward Twitchell 1914-2009 (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	New York u.a. Doubleday 1994
Ausgabe:	1. ed.
Schlagworte:	Hall, Edward T <1914-2009> > (Edward Twitchell) Antropologen Hopi (volk) Navajo (volk) Anthropologists > Arizona > Biography Hopi Indians Navajo Indians Arizona > Description and travel Biografie
Zusammenfassung:	From 1933 to 1937, famed anthropologist Edward T. Hall, author of the classic The Silent Language, lived and worked on the Navajo and Hopi reservations in Arizona. West of the Thirties is the story of Hall as a young man discovering his way in what might have been another century and another world, a frontier where four cultures - Navajo, Hopi, Hispanic, and Anglo - clashed Looking back at the history of white men among Indians in this stark and haunting landscape, Hall weaves a firsthand account of two proud worlds - the frugal, pueblo-dwelling Hopis, with their isolated villages high on the mesa tops and their deeply felt religious faith; and the proud Navajos, whose rhythm and ceremonious forms of respect Hall learned as he worked with them As he discovered the deeply different human logic of the Navajos and the Hopis, Hall began to recognize how culture itself was at work in each person's behavior. The respect he felt and displayed earned him a friendly Navajo nickname - Chiz Chili, meaning Slim Curly Hair - and a mentor, the great Indian trader Lorenzo Hubbell
Beschreibung:	XXX; 187 S. Ill.
ISBN:	0385424213