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Diné Bahane': The Navajo Creation Story
Contributor(s): Zolbrod, Paul G. (Author)

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 ISBN: 0826310435     ISBN-13: 9780826310439
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
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Binding Type: Paperback
Published: December 1987
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Annotation: This is the most complete version of the Navajo creation story to appear in English since Washington Matthews "Navajo Legends" of 1847. Zolbrods 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.

Zolbrods 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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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Folklore & Mythology
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies - Native American Studies
Dewey: 299.78
LCCN: 84006920
Series: Navajo Creation Story
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6" W x 9.2" L (1.35 lbs) 448 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Southwest U.S.
- Cultural Region - Western U.S.
- Ethnic Orientation - Native American
- Geographic Orientation - Arizona
Features: Bibliography
 
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This is the most complete version of the Navajo creation story to appear in English since Washington Matthews' Navajo Legends of 1847. Zolbrod's 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.

Zolbrod's 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.

Contributor Bio(s): Zolbrod, Paul G.: - 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.
 
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