Myths and Tales of the Chiricahua Apache Indians - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Morris E. Opler, Scott Rushforth (Introduction by)Series:Sources of American Indian Oral LiteraturePublish date:1994-12-01Pages:115
Language:EnglishPublisher:Bison BooksISBN-13:9780803286023ISBN-10:803286023UPC:9780803286023Book Category:Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Folklore & Mythology, Ethnic StudiesBook Topic:AmericanSize:8.98 x 5.99 x 0.36 inchesWeight:0.4497Product ID:SCJN7WKDJN
"We are dealing here with a living literature," wrote Morris Edward Opler in his preface to Myths and Tales of the Chiricahua Apache Indians. First published in 1942 by the American Folk-Lore Society, this is another classic study by the author of Myths and Tales of the Jicarilla Apache Indians.
Opler conducted field work among the Chiricahuas in the American Southwest, as he had earlier among...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Bison BooksISBN-13:9780803286023ISBN-10:803286023UPC:9780803286023Book Category:Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Folklore & Mythology, Ethnic StudiesBook Topic:AmericanSize:8.98 x 5.99 x 0.36 inchesWeight:0.4497Product ID:SCJN7WKDJN
Scott Rushforth introduces this volume, placing the Chiricahua Apaches in history and discussing the pioneering ethnography of Morris Edward Opler. Rushforth is an associate professor of anthropology at New Mexico State University and the author of Cultural Persistence: Continuity in Meaning and Moral Responsibility among the Bearlake Athapaskans.
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