Dine Perspectives - Revitalizing and Reclaiming Navajo Thought

Informationen zum Autor Lloyd L. Lee is an assistant professor in the Native American Studies Department at the University of New Mexico. He is also the book review editor for the journal "American Indian Quarterly." Lee is Dine of the Towering House and Red Bottom clans. His maternal grandfather clan is Salt and his paternal grandfather clan is Water's Edge. Klappentext What does it mean to be a Navajo (Diné) person today? What does it mean to "respect tradition”? How can a contemporary life be informed by the traditions of the past? These are the kinds of questions addressed by contributors to this unusual and groundbreaking book. All of the contributors are coming to personal terms with a phrase that underpins the matrix of Diné culture: Sa'ah Naagháí Bik'eh Hózhqqn . Zusammenfassung "The contributors to this pathbreaking book! both scholars and community members! are Navajo (Dine) people who are coming to personal terms with the complex matrix of Dine culture. Their contributions exemplify how Indigenous peoples are creatively applying tools of decolonization and critical research to re-create Indigenous thought and culture for contemporary times"--

About the author

Lloyd L. Lee is an assistant professor in the Native American Studies Department at the University of New Mexico. He is also the book review editor for the journal American Indian Quarterly. Lee is Diné of the Towering House and Red Bottom clans. His maternal grandfather clan is Salt and his paternal grandfather clan is Water's Edge.

Product details

• Authors: Lloyd Lance (EDT)/ Cajete Lee
• Assisted by: Lloyd Lee (Editor), Lloyd L Lee (Editor), Lloyd L. Lee (Editor), Lloyd Lance Lee (Editor)
• Publisher: The University of Arizona Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.05.2014
• EAN: 9780816530922
• ISBN: 978-0-8165-3092-2
• No. of pages: 208
• Series: Critical Issues in Indigenous; Critical Issues in Indigenous Studies; Critical Issues in Indigenous; Critical Issues in Indigenous Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology; Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, USA, Amerikanische Geschichte, Ethnic Issues, HISTORY / United States / State & Local / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies