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Shoshone Tales
Anne Smith
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Description for Shoshone Tales
Paperback. A collection of prized Western Shoshone tales set primarily in the Time when Animals Were People, the legendary past when animals had the power of speech and established human customs." Editor(s): Smith, Anne (OHIO STATE UNIV-COLUMBUS). Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 137 x 16. Weight in Grams: 290.
The Western Shoshone people live throughout eastern Nevada and western Utah (Goshute). When Anne Smith visited the region in 1939 there was only one formally designated reservation. Smith and her companion Alden Hayes traveled countless mile of remote road collecting stories, documenting Western Shoshonean tradition, and seeking to determine the outlines of Great Basin culture.
The tales in this volume are set primarily in the "Time when Animals Were People," the legendary past when animals had the power of speech and established human customs though their adventures (and misadventures). Trickster tales figure prominently, with obscenity and blunt delivery common ... Read more
The Western Shoshone people live throughout eastern Nevada and western Utah (Goshute). When Anne Smith visited the region in 1939 there was only one formally designated reservation. Smith and her companion Alden Hayes traveled countless mile of remote road collecting stories, documenting Western Shoshonean tradition, and seeking to determine the outlines of Great Basin culture.
The tales in this volume are set primarily in the "Time when Animals Were People," the legendary past when animals had the power of speech and established human customs though their adventures (and misadventures). Trickster tales figure prominently, with obscenity and blunt delivery common ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
University of Utah Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Salt Lake City, United States
ISBN
9780874805703
SKU
V9780874805703
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99-15
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