The Hopi Indians (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Mesa Village Life, Pueblo Material Culture, and Ceremonial Customs in the American SouthwestBy Walter Hough
Length7h 2m
About this audiobook
Walter Hough's The Hopi Indians is a compact yet richly observed ethnographic account of the Hopi people of the American Southwest, attending to their villages, domestic life, agriculture, crafts, social customs, and ceremonial world. Written in the lucid descriptive prose characteristic of early twentieth-century museum anthropology, the book situates Hopi culture within its desert environment and within the broader scholarly effort to document Indigenous lifeways, while preserving a sense of the visual and symbolic complexity of Hopi society. Hough was an American anthropologist and curator associated with the Smithsonian Institution, where he worked extensively with material culture, archaeology, and ethnology. His professional training in the museum sciences shaped his attention to objects, dwellings, tools, textiles, pottery, and ritual paraphernalia. His interest in how environment, technology, and belief interact likely informed this study, which reflects both the strengths and limitations of its period's anthropological perspective. This volume is recommended for readers interested in Southwestern ethnography, Native American studies, and the history of anthropology. Though it should be read critically alongside contemporary Hopi voices, it remains a valuable historical introduction to Hopi life and to the scholarly imagination that sought to understand it.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- Hand‐picked Memorable Quotes shine a spotlight on moments of literary brilliance.
- Interactive footnotes clarify unusual references, historical allusions, and archaic phrases for an effortless, more informed read.
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★ 4.3 (16)
Includes Amazon
GenrePsychology
Length7 hrs 2 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateDec 2, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The Hopi Indians (Annotated)
8VI BIRTH, MARRIAGE, AND DEATH
2PREFACE
9VII RELIGIOUS LIFE
3I THE COUNTRY, TOWNS, AND PEOPLES
10VIII MYTHS
4II SOCIAL LIFE
11IX TRADITIONS AND HISTORY
5III FOOD AND REARING
12X BRIEF BIOGRAPHIES
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6IV THE WORKERS
13XI THE ANCIENT PEOPLE
7V AMUSEMENTS
14Memorable Quotes
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