Dances of the Tewa Pueblo Indians: Expressions of New Life, Second Edition (A School for Advanced Research Resident Scholar Book) - Softcover

Sweet, Jill D.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1930618298 ISBN 13: 9781930618299

Publisher: School for Advanced Research Press, 2004

Synopsis

Great changes have swept the world of the Tewa Indian peoples of New Mexico since 1985, when this volume first appeared, including changes in relationships between Indian communities and the anthropologists who wish to study them. Returning to her classic work, anthropologist Jill D. Sweet revisits the ideas and the people who first inspired her love of the Tewa Pueblo dances. The Tewa have become increasingly sophisticated in managing tourism, including the new casinos, to ensure that it contributes to the persistence and even the revitalization of ancient ritual practices.

This expanded edition reflects these changes by featuring the voices of Tewa dancers, composers, and others to explain the significance of dance to their understanding of Tewa identity and community. The author frames their words with her own poignant reflections on more than twenty years of study and friendship with these creative and enduring people.

About this title

About the Author:

Jill D. Sweet is Professor of Anthropology at Skidmore College with special interests in interpretive symbolic anthropology, choreography, and dance.

Review:

The text and photos of Dances of the Tewa Pueblo Indians remain absorbing and inspiring....[T]he Preface to the second edition and, even more importantly, [the] Epilogue should be required reading for every visitor to the sacred dances of the region. --Barbara Riley, Southwest Book Views Vol. 4, no. 1 (Winter 2005)

The text and photos of Dances of the Tewa Pueblo Indians remain absorbing and inspiring....[T]he Preface to the second edition and, even more importantly, [the] Epilogue should be required reading for every visitor to the sacred dances of the region. --Barbara Riley, Southwest Book Views Vol. 4, no. 1 (Winter 2005)

About this edition

• Publisher: School for Advanced Research Press
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1930618298
• ISBN 13: 9781930618299
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 136