Unknown Mexico - A Record of Five Years Exploration Among Tribes of Western Sierra

Klappentext A two-volume account! published in 1903 by a Norwegian ethnographer! of the five years he spent among Mexican Indians. Zusammenfassung In 1903 the Norwegian ethnographer and explorer Carl Lumholtz (1851–1922) published this two-volume account of the five years he spent living among indigenous tribes in the remote mountains of north-west Mexico. Volume 2 describes his experiences among the Huichols people. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Reception at San Andres; 2. Name and history of the Huichols; 3. Another excursion; 4. Trip to Bastita; 5. Votive bowls; 6. The first census of the Huichol country; 7. Our procession excites the wonderment of the Mexicans; 8. Return to the Sierra; 9. A satisfactory meeting with the principal men; 10. Practising self-control; 11. Huichol gods; 12. How to become a shaman; 13. Native authorities, civil and ecclesiastical; 14. Pablo and I separate; 15. Getting ready for the great Hikuli feast; 16. Leaving the Huichol country for the coast; 17. On the road again; 18. Archaeology versus theology; 19. Oriental rain-cloak; 20. A mound of metates; 21. Arrival in the country of the Tarascos; 22. Antiquities; 23. Paracho; 24. Tribal name of the Tarascos; 25. Zacapu; 26. Uruapan, 'The Paradise of Michoacan'; 27. In the city of Mexico again; Conclusion; Appendix; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Carl Lumholtz
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.10.2011
• EAN: 9781108033596
• ISBN: 978-1-108-03359-6
• No. of pages: 566
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Latin American Studies; Unknown Mexico 2 Volume Paperback Set
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Miscellaneous; Mexico, TRAVEL / Essays & Travelogues, TRAVEL / Special Interest / Adventure, Expeditions, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Indigenous Studies, TRAVEL / Mexico, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Expeditions: popular accounts, Indigenous Peoples, Relating to indigenous peoples, Social and cultural anthropology, Classic Travel Writing