Record Details



Enlarge cover image for Forms of play of native North Americans / edited by Edward Norbeck, Claire R. Farrer. Book

Forms of play of native North Americans / edited by Edward Norbeck, Claire R. Farrer.

Norbeck, Edward, 1915- (Added Author). Farrer, Claire R. (Added Author).

Record details

  • ISBN: 0829902627 :
  • ISBN: 9780829902624
  • Physical Description: viii, 290 pages ; 25 cm.
  • Publisher: St. Paul : West Publishing Company, c1979.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographies.
Formatted Contents Note:
1. American occupations, leisure time use and left brain/right brain dialectics : some solutions / Marlene Dobkin de Rios and Robert Schroeder -- 2. An evolutionary theory of dreaming and play / Susan Parman -- 3. Ritual, play, and psychic transcendence in native North America / Erika Bourguignon -- 4. Rites of reversal of North American Indians as forms of play / Edward Norbeck -- 5. Play, power, and politics in native north Alaska / Robert F. Spencer -- 6. Acculturation in Alaskan Eskimo storyknife tales / Lynn Price Ager -- 7. The evolution of a playful ritual : the Garífuna's John Canoe in comparative perspective / Robert Dirks -- 8. Aesthetics and native North Americans / Claire R. Farrer -- 9. Play elements in the myth of North American Indians / Marcia Herndon -- 10. Play in the music of North American Indians / Norma McLeod -- 11. North American Indian clowns and creativity / Arden R. King -- 12. Aztec and Mayan ritual humor / Victoria Reifler Bricker -- 13. The ritual clown : humor and ethics / Louis A. Hieb -- 14. Stick ball and the American southeast / Kendall Blanchard -- 15. Stick games/hand games : the great divide / Susan H. Boyd -- 16. Native American games as strategies of societal maintenance / Alyce T. Cheska -- 17. Game cognition and game preference in the Yucatán / Christine A. von Glascoe and Duane G. Metzger -- 18. Activism in an agonistic frame : a study of hand game symbolism / Thomas A. Green -- 19. "Azul y Blanco es primero!" The social functions of futbol in a Guatemalan village / James Loucky.
Subject:
Indians of North America > Recreation.
Play > North America.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Northwest Indian College.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
Show Only Available Copies
Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Lummi Library E 98 .G2 F69 1979 252272 Stacks Reshelving -

LDR 02881cam a2200409 i 4500
00118857
003NWIC
00520171018213146.0
008790424s1979 mnu b 000 0 eng
010 . ‡a79013357
035 . ‡a(OCoLC)ocm04956865
040 . ‡aDLC ‡cDLC ‡dLAF ‡dBTCTA ‡dLVB ‡dWANIC
020 . ‡a0829902627 : ‡c$10.95
020 . ‡a9780829902624
0291 . ‡aNLGGC ‡b790743914
0291 . ‡aNZ1 ‡b3582725
0291 . ‡aAU@ ‡b000001407723
035 . ‡a(OCoLC)4956865
043 . ‡an------
05000. ‡aE98.G2 ‡bF68
08200. ‡a790/.0971
049 . ‡aMAIN
24500. ‡aForms of play of native North Americans / ‡cedited by Edward Norbeck, Claire R. Farrer.
260 . ‡aSt. Paul : ‡bWest Publishing Company, ‡cc1979.
300 . ‡aviii, 290 pages ; ‡c25 cm.
336 . ‡atext ‡btxt ‡2rdacontent
337 . ‡aunmediated ‡bn ‡2rdamedia
338 . ‡avolume ‡bnc ‡2rdacarrier
4901 . ‡aProceedings - American Ethnological Society ; ‡v1977
504 . ‡aIncludes bibliographies.
5050 . ‡a1. American occupations, leisure time use and left brain/right brain dialectics : some solutions / Marlene Dobkin de Rios and Robert Schroeder -- 2. An evolutionary theory of dreaming and play / Susan Parman -- 3. Ritual, play, and psychic transcendence in native North America / Erika Bourguignon -- 4. Rites of reversal of North American Indians as forms of play / Edward Norbeck -- 5. Play, power, and politics in native north Alaska / Robert F. Spencer -- 6. Acculturation in Alaskan Eskimo storyknife tales / Lynn Price Ager -- 7. The evolution of a playful ritual : the Garífuna's John Canoe in comparative perspective / Robert Dirks -- 8. Aesthetics and native North Americans / Claire R. Farrer -- 9. Play elements in the myth of North American Indians / Marcia Herndon -- 10. Play in the music of North American Indians / Norma McLeod -- 11. North American Indian clowns and creativity / Arden R. King -- 12. Aztec and Mayan ritual humor / Victoria Reifler Bricker -- 13. The ritual clown : humor and ethics / Louis A. Hieb -- 14. Stick ball and the American southeast / Kendall Blanchard -- 15. Stick games/hand games : the great divide / Susan H. Boyd -- 16. Native American games as strategies of societal maintenance / Alyce T. Cheska -- 17. Game cognition and game preference in the Yucatán / Christine A. von Glascoe and Duane G. Metzger -- 18. Activism in an agonistic frame : a study of hand game symbolism / Thomas A. Green -- 19. "Azul y Blanco es primero!" The social functions of futbol in a Guatemalan village / James Loucky.
650 0. ‡aIndians of North America ‡xRecreation.
650 0. ‡aPlay ‡zNorth America.
7001 . ‡aNorbeck, Edward, ‡d1915-
7001 . ‡aFarrer, Claire R.
830 0. ‡aProceedings of the American Ethnological Society ; ‡v1977.
852 . ‡kE ‡h98 .G2 F68 ‡i1977 ‡p252272 ‡6PB ‡820080414
938 . ‡aBaker and Taylor ‡bBTCP ‡n79013357 //r942 ‡c$10.95
994 . ‡a02 ‡bWANIC
901 . ‡ao04956865 ‡bOCLC ‡c18857 ‡tbiblio