Abalone Tales by Les W Field
For Native peoples of California, the abalone found along the state's coast has remarkably complex significance as food, spirit, narrative symbol, tradable commodity, and material with which to make adornment and sacred regalia. This book examines the cultural, social, and economic importance of abalone among the California Indian tribes.
“Abalone Tales shimmers like the mother of pearl in a California Indian necklaceOut from the shadows of the old colonial tradition, the book fulfills the overdue promise of a new collaborative anthropology. It accomplishes this with remarkable intimacy and intelligence, and in so doing gives us new ways of thinking about ethnography, Native America, and the global politics of indigeneity today.”—Orin Starn, author of Ishi’s Brain: In Search of America’s Last “Wild” Indian
“Abalone Tales is a fine example of collaborative ethnography. It adds immeasurably to ongoing conversations among anthropologists and other social scientists about the still-emergent possibilities for producing dialogic, collaborative, and ethically responsible ethnographies.”—Luke Eric Lassiter, Marshall University Graduate College
“Abalone Tales is a fine example of collaborative ethnography. It adds immeasurably to ongoing conversations among anthropologists and other social scientists about the still-emergent possibilities for producing dialogic, collaborative, and ethically responsible ethnographies.”—Luke Eric Lassiter, Marshall University Graduate College
Les W. Field is Professor of Anthropology at the University of New Mexico. He is the author of The Grimace of Macho RatÓn: Artisans, Identity, and Nation in Late-Twentieth-Century Western Nicaragua, also published by Duke University Press, and a co-editor of Anthropology Put to Work.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780822342335 |
| ISBN 10 | 0822342332 |
| Title | Abalone Tales |
| Author | Les W Field |
| Series | Narrating Native Histories |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Duke University Press |
| Year published | 2008-08-29 |
| Number of pages | 208 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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