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Diné Bahane' - The Navajo Creation Story

English · Paperback / Softback

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This is the most complete version of the Navajo creation story to appear in English since Washington Matthewsa "Navajo Legends" of 1847. Zolbrodas new translation renders the power and delicacy of the oral storytelling performance on the page through a poetic idiom appropriate to the Navajo oral tradition.
Zolbrodas book offers the general reader a vivid introduction to Navajo culture. For students of literature this book proposes a new way of looking at our literary heritage.


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Paul G. Zolbrod is adjunct professor of humanities at the Crownpoint, New Mexico Campus of Diné College, the Navajo Nation Tribal College. He also served as senior curator at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, Museum of New Mexico, 1994-1997.

Summary

This is the most complete version of the Navajo creation story to appear in English since the publication of Washington Matthew's Navaho Legends in 1897. Paul G Zolbrod's new translation attempts to render the power and delicacy of the oral storytelling performance on the page.

Product details

Authors Paul G Zolbrod, Paul G. Zolbrod
Publisher University Of New Mexico Press
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 01.12.1987
 
EAN 9780826310439
ISBN 978-0-8263-1043-9
No. of pages 448
Dimensions 155 mm x 236 mm x 24 mm
Weight 626 g
Series Navajo Creation Story
Navajo Creation Story
Subjects Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Miscellaneous
Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Folklore

Ethnic Studies, Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Folklore & Mythology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies

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