Shells on a Desert Shore - Mollusks in the Seri World

Informationen zum Autor Cathy Moser Marlett is an illustrator of literacy materials for use in the indigenous languages of Mexico, working with SIL International. As the daughter of field linguists working with the Seris, she spent her childhood in the Seri village of Desemboque. Her illustrations have appeared in numerous publications, including People of the Desert and Sea: Ethnobotany of the Seri Indians and a trilingual Seri dictionary. Klappentext Shells on a Desert Shore is a fresh, original look at an indigenous culture of North America having a deep and intimate knowledge of the Gulf of California. Cathy Moser Marlett offers a richly illustrated ethnographic work, describing the Seri knowledge of mollusks and their cultural importance. Zusammenfassung In Mexico's western Sonoran Desert along the Gulf of California is a place made extraordinary by the desert solitude! the dynamic sea! and the people who live there-the Seris. Central to the lives of these people are the sea and its shores. Shells on a Desert Shore describes the Seri knowledge of mollusks and includes names! folklore! history! uses! and much more.

Product details

• Authors: Cathy Moser Marlett, Cathy Moser/ Felger Marlett
• Publisher: The University of Arizona Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.06.2014
• EAN: 9780816530687
• ISBN: 978-0-8165-3068-7
• No. of pages: 480
• Series: Southwest Center (Hardcover); Southwest Center Series; Southwest Center; Southwest Center Series; Southwest Center (Hardcover)
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology