Author: Margaret Coel
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1440627746
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
With the disappearance of a young man and his old friend Vicky Holden accused of murder, Father John O'Malley must prove his hunch that both events are connected to a dangerous sect leader known as Orlando-who has resurrected the old Shadow Dance religion.
Ghost Dancer
Author: Alan Kessler
Publisher: Leviathan Books
ISBN: 9781938394591
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Age 9, Eleanor Wilson sneaks out of her parents' marble mansion and among the grave houses in an Indian cemetery plays with the faceless doll she made from wood and corn silk. Twilight shadows gather around her. She runs home.Her mother is waiting."An Indian without a face. It's hideous." Constance Wilson takes the doll and burns it.That night in her bedroom, Eleanor watches the doll, shriveled by fire, materialize out of the darkness."Cry for your mother," it tells her. Eleanor is chosen.Nine years later, 1958, lonely, insecure, controlled by the rigid rules of her parents, she enters the realm of spirits and when discovering the secret about herself learns how she can save a dying world.
Publisher: Leviathan Books
ISBN: 9781938394591
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Age 9, Eleanor Wilson sneaks out of her parents' marble mansion and among the grave houses in an Indian cemetery plays with the faceless doll she made from wood and corn silk. Twilight shadows gather around her. She runs home.Her mother is waiting."An Indian without a face. It's hideous." Constance Wilson takes the doll and burns it.That night in her bedroom, Eleanor watches the doll, shriveled by fire, materialize out of the darkness."Cry for your mother," it tells her. Eleanor is chosen.Nine years later, 1958, lonely, insecure, controlled by the rigid rules of her parents, she enters the realm of spirits and when discovering the secret about herself learns how she can save a dying world.
The Ghost-Dance Religion and Wounded Knee
Author: James Mooney
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486143333
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 578
Book Description
Classic of American anthropology explores messianic cult behind Indian resistance, from Pontiac to the 1890s. Extremely detailed and thorough. Originally published in 1896 by the Bureau of American Ethnology. 38 plates, 49 other illustrations.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486143333
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 578
Book Description
Classic of American anthropology explores messianic cult behind Indian resistance, from Pontiac to the 1890s. Extremely detailed and thorough. Originally published in 1896 by the Bureau of American Ethnology. 38 plates, 49 other illustrations.
Hunting the Ghost Dancer
Author: A. A. Attanasio
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780586208366
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 445
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780586208366
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 445
Book Description
Ghost Dance
Author: Mark T. Sullivan
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780340689233
Category : Detective and mystery stories, American
Languages : en
Pages : 405
Book Description
On the eve of his 40th birthday, Patrick Gallager, a New York documentary film producer, retreats to the mountainous river regions of Central Vermont to get away from his faltered past life to fish. In the shallows of the river, Gallagher's line catches on a submerged body.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780340689233
Category : Detective and mystery stories, American
Languages : en
Pages : 405
Book Description
On the eve of his 40th birthday, Patrick Gallager, a New York documentary film producer, retreats to the mountainous river regions of Central Vermont to get away from his faltered past life to fish. In the shallows of the river, Gallagher's line catches on a submerged body.
The Shadow Dancer
Author: Margaret Coel
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1440627746
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
With the disappearance of a young man and his old friend Vicky Holden accused of murder, Father John O'Malley must prove his hunch that both events are connected to a dangerous sect leader known as Orlando-who has resurrected the old Shadow Dance religion.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1440627746
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
With the disappearance of a young man and his old friend Vicky Holden accused of murder, Father John O'Malley must prove his hunch that both events are connected to a dangerous sect leader known as Orlando-who has resurrected the old Shadow Dance religion.
Ethnology of the Kwakiutl
Author: Franz Boas
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Indians of North America
Languages : en
Pages : 706
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Indians of North America
Languages : en
Pages : 706
Book Description
Thirty-fifth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1913-1914
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ethnology
Languages : en
Pages : 720
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ethnology
Languages : en
Pages : 720
Book Description
Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 714
Book Description
Annual report of the Bureau of ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 714
Book Description
Annual report of the Bureau of ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution
Outing
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Outdoor recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 802
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Outdoor recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 802
Book Description
World Dance Cultures
Author: Patricia Leigh Beaman
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317441060
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 500
Book Description
From healing, fertility and religious rituals, through theatrical entertainment, to death ceremonies and ancestor worship, World Dance Cultures introduces an extraordinary variety of dance forms practiced around the world. This highly illustrated textbook draws on wide-ranging historical documentation and first-hand accounts, taking in India, Bali, Java, Cambodia, China, Japan, Hawai’i, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Africa, Turkey, Spain, Native America, South America, and the Caribbean. Each chapter covers a certain region’s distinctive dances, pinpoints key issues and trends from the form’s development to its modern iteration, and offers a wealth of study features including: Case Studies – zooming in on key details of a dance form’s cultural, historical, and religious contexts ‘Explorations’ – first-hand descriptions of dances, from scholars, anthropologists and practitioners ‘Think About’ – provocations to encourage critical analysis of dance forms and the ways in which they’re understood Discussion Questions – starting points for group work, classroom seminars or individual study Further Study Tips – listing essential books, essays and video material. Offering a comprehensive overview of each dance form covered with over 100 full color photos, World Dance Cultures is an essential introductory resource for students and instructors alike.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317441060
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 500
Book Description
From healing, fertility and religious rituals, through theatrical entertainment, to death ceremonies and ancestor worship, World Dance Cultures introduces an extraordinary variety of dance forms practiced around the world. This highly illustrated textbook draws on wide-ranging historical documentation and first-hand accounts, taking in India, Bali, Java, Cambodia, China, Japan, Hawai’i, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Africa, Turkey, Spain, Native America, South America, and the Caribbean. Each chapter covers a certain region’s distinctive dances, pinpoints key issues and trends from the form’s development to its modern iteration, and offers a wealth of study features including: Case Studies – zooming in on key details of a dance form’s cultural, historical, and religious contexts ‘Explorations’ – first-hand descriptions of dances, from scholars, anthropologists and practitioners ‘Think About’ – provocations to encourage critical analysis of dance forms and the ways in which they’re understood Discussion Questions – starting points for group work, classroom seminars or individual study Further Study Tips – listing essential books, essays and video material. Offering a comprehensive overview of each dance form covered with over 100 full color photos, World Dance Cultures is an essential introductory resource for students and instructors alike.