Zuni Artist Looks at F.H. Cush - Softcover

Phil Hughte (author)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0964140101 ISBN 13: 9780964140103

Publisher: University of New Mexico Press, 1994

Synopsis

In 1879 Frank Hamilton Cushing rode unannounced into Zuni Pueblo. Sent by the Smithsonian Institution, he stayed at Zuni until 1884 and became the world's first live-in anthropologist. His writings gave Zuni a fame it never sought. Now Phil Hughte turns the tables on Cushing. His drawings tell the story of Cushing from the Zuni perspective, with anthropological commentaries by Triloki Nath Pandey, Jim Ostler, and Krisztina Kosse. This unique book will be relished especially by anthropologists, American Indians, and other people who partake of more than one culture. A Zuni Artist Looks at Frank Hamilton Cushing was originally published by Zuni A:shiwi Publishing in 1994, but is now widely available through University of New Mexico Press. "I loved it!"--W. Richard West, Jr.

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Review:

"A generally gentle, if satiric, re-envisioning of this legendary intercultural encounter. . . . Cushing's adventures and foibles. . . and what Hughte makes of them may be counted on to provide . . . many a moment of amusement and delight."

From the Publisher:

Zuni turns the tables on an anthropologist.
In 1879 Frank Hamilton Cushing, a young Smithsonian ethnographer, rode up to the Pueblo of Zuni on a mule. For the next four years "Cushy" would live as a Zuni, studying Zuni daily life, tradition, and sacred beliefs. His popular and scholarly writings would give Zuni a national prominence it never sought. To this day Zuni people wrestle with their feelings about this young man and how he changed things at Zuni forever.

In 1994 Zuni artist Phil Hughte retells the story of Cushing through cartoons both humorous and acerbic. Joined by Cushing's own words, Phil's drawings add the uniquely Zuni voice to a reflection of one man's life.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0964140101
• ISBN 13: 9780964140103
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 125