An Apache Life-Way: The Economic, Social, and Religious Institutions of the Chiricahua Indians - Softcover

Opler, Morris E.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0803286104 ISBN 13: 9780803286108

Publisher: Bison Books, 1996

Synopsis

An Apache Life-way Blending the analysis of individual Apache lives with the analysis of their culture, this study tells of the ceremonies, religious beliefs, social life, and economy of the Chiricahua Apache. It traces how a person "becomes an Apache", beginning with conception, marriage, domestic and military duties and concluding with the rites surrounding death. Full description

About this title

From the Author:

Morris Edward Opler is Professor Emeritus of anthropology at the University of Oklahoma. Charles R. Kaut is Associate Professor Emeritus of anthropology at the University of Virginia.

Synopsis:

Originally published in 1941, An Apache Life-Way remains one of the most important and innovative studies of southwestern Native Americans, drawing upon a rich and invaluable body of data gathered by the ethnographer Morris Edward Opler during the 1930s. Blending the analysis of individual Apache lives with the analysis of their culture, this landmark study tells of the ceremonies, religious beliefs, social life, and economy of the Chiricahua Apache. Opler traces, in fascinating detail, how a person "becomes an Apache," beginning with conception, moving through puberty rites, marriage, and the various religious, domestic, and military duties and experiences of adulthood, and concluding with the rites and beliefs surrounding death. Morris Edward Opler is Professor Emeritus of anthropology at the University of Oklahoma. Charles R. Kaut is Associate Professor Emeritus of anthropology at the University of Virginia.

About this edition

• Publisher: Bison Books
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0803286104
• ISBN 13: 9780803286108
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 530