Kokopelli by Ekkehart Malotki
Kokopelli, the fluteplayer, is one of the most popular icons that American culture has adopted from the Native peoples of North America. The Kokopelli name and image are everywhere, adorning everything from jewellery, welcome mats, T-shirts, and money clips to motels, freeway underpasses, nature trails, nightclubs, and string quartets. Kokopelli evokes mystery and wonder, ancient ceremonies and spirituality, Mother Earth and the purity of nature. But what exactly is Kokopelli? Just how Native American is the ubiquitous flute-player? In this readable and fascinating book, the distinguished Hopi scholar Ekkehart Malotki describes the development of the Kokopelli phenomenon in American mass culture from its beginning to Kokopelli's present status as pan-Southwestern icon. He explores the figure's connections with the Hopi kachina god Kookopolo and Maahu, the cicada, and discusses how this rock art image has been appropriated and misunderstood. Kokopelli sheds light on a little-understood aspect of Hopi culture and testifies to the continuing power of Native cultures to spark the popular imagination and interest of outsiders. Ekkehart Malotki is a professor of languages at Northern Arizona University. His books include "Hopi Animal Tales" and "The Bedbugs' Night Dance" and "Other Hopi Tales of Sexual Encounter", both available from the University of Nebraska Press.
"Anyone interested in the Hopi, or mythological characters, will enjoy this thoroughly intriguing investigation into a Native American legend"--Booklist "The book is an original contribution to the documentation of Hopi culture and an insightful analysis of the commodification of the Kokopelli image." D.R. Parks, Choice "Combining a wealth of scholarly data with a highly readable text is a feat rarely accomplished in anthropology. Ekkehart Malotki has done it remarkably well in Kokopelli. All interested in this mythical flute player should add it to their library." Tony Hillerman
Ekkehart Malotki, who with Michael Lomatuway'ma compiled and translated this collection, is a language scholar at Northern Arizona University. Lomatuway'ma, a Third Mesa Hopi from Hotevilla and a library assistant at Northern Arizona, provided many of the stories. A special feature are the illustrations, based on Indian petroglyphs, by Anne-Marie Malotki. The introduction is by Karl W. Luckert, a professor of religious studies at Southwest Missouri State University.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780803232136 |
| ISBN 10 | 0803232136 |
| Titel | Kokopelli |
| Autor | Ekkehart Malotki |
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| Bindungsart | Hardback |
| Verlag | University of Nebraska Press |
| Erscheinungsjahr | 2000-11-01 |
| Seitenanzahl | 177 |
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