According to the Pueblo Indians the spirits of he dead return to this world as Kachinas, where they take on cloud form-become "cloud people"-and bring the life-giving rains. These rain deities stand at the center of Pueblo religious experience. Without their intervention the crops will not grow, the cisterns will not be filled, the rivers will not flow, the people will not survive. In Kachinas in the Pueblo World, fourteen scholars examine the role of kachinas in the cultures of the Rio Grand, Zuni, and Hopi pueblos. They examine the origins of the kachina cult, trace the figure of the kachina to a Mesoamerican original, and look at the fortunes of the rain deities after the Spanish and subsequent Anglo conquests of the Pueblo homeland. In addition they discuss the transition of the kachina doll form religious to art object, and consider the role of the kachina in allowing elements of Puebloan belief to endure in the modern world. Forty-one color plates boldly illustrate the many manifestations of kachinas in the Pueblo world.
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... The articles are consistently good, the tone of each is thoughtful rather than argumentative, and the coverage is unusually broad. -- Ethnohistory
The state-of-the-art anthology on the anthropological understanding of kachina representations. -- American Anthropologist --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
The state-of-the-art anthology on the anthropological understanding of kachina representations. -- American Anthropologist --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Polly Schaafsma is the author of Indian Rock Art of the Southwest (1986) and The Rock Art of Utah (Utah 1994). She lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
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... The author/editor has compiled a very scholarly work on the Hopi and the place of the kachina in their life and spirituality. Each contributor has done extensive research in his/her field of expertise. If there is a negative side to the book, I would say it is TOO SCHOLARLY for the average reader. It is not a book which one should consider for pure enjoyment and 'light' reading. It reads much more like a graduate text book ... for which many of these articles were intended. If you are looking for indepth material, this is the book for you. If you like to relax and curl up with an 'enjoyable read' ... you won't find it here.
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An excellent resource for teachers and hobbyists alike,
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As an avid student of Native American Folklore, as well as an amature anthropologist this book is often my "goto" resource for a quick check of details when helping friends and colegues identify various Kachinas they have either been given or haf found and purchesed during travels through the South Western United States. My only regret is that this volumn is not published in a hard back format, as I have worn out 2 copies already.
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Excellent overview of modern kachina scholarship,
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Polly Schaafsma, an expert on Ancestral Puebloan rock art, edits 16 chapters that look at various aspects of the kachinas of the Puebloan world.
This includes: 1. Just what are kachinas? 2. Whence did the kachina phenomenon come from/arise? 3. What led to it landing on fertile soil in the late Ancestral Puebloan world? 4. What was the relation in kachina development between western pueblos and Rio Grande pueblos? 5. How did kachina worship/cult survive the Spanish missionary effort to wipe it out? Related to that, how much survived, and can we trace what changes happened? The intellectual level on some pieces may be fairly high, but I have to disagree with another person; you do not need to be an anthropology or archaeology grad student to get a welter of information out of this book. One should have a basic knowledge of Ancestral Puebloan history, but any reaonably informed "Southwest buff" probably is OK as a starting point.
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