Spider Woman: A Story of Navajo Weavers and Chanters (Rio Grande Classic) - Softcover

Reichard, Glady S.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0873801601 ISBN 13: 9780873801607

Publisher: Rio Grande Pr Inc, 1987

Synopsis

Book by Reichard, Glady S.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

This lively account of a pioneering anthropologist's experiences with a Navajo family grew out of the author's desire to learn to weave as a way of participating in Navajo culture rather than observing it from the outside. In 1930, when Gladys Reichard came to stay with the family of Red-Point, a well-known Navajo singer, it was unusual for an anthropologist to live with a family and become intimately connected with women's activities. First published in 1934 for a popular audience, Spider Woman is valued today not just for its information on Navajo culture but as an early example of the kind of personal, honest ethnography that presents actual experiences and conversations rather than generalizing the beliefs and behaviors of a whole culture. Readers interested in Navajo weaving will find it especially useful, but Spider Woman's picture of daily life goes far beyond rugs to describe trips to the trading post, tribal council meetings, curing ceremonies, and the deaths of family members.

From the Inside Flap:

This lively account of a pioneering anthropologist's experiences with a Navajo family grew out of the author's desire to learn to weave as a way of participating in Navajo culture rather than observing it from the outside.

About this edition

• Publisher: Rio Grande Pr Inc
• Publication date: 1987
• ISBN 10: 0873801601
• ISBN 13: 9780873801607
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 6
• Number of pages: 344