The Face of the Fox: With a New Introduction by Vernie Davis

ISBN-13: 9780202308425 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 184 str.

Frederick O. Gearing; Vernie Davis

Opis

In The Face of the Fox, an anthropological and sociological study of theFox American Indians (the Mesquakie, their actual tribal name) who livejust outside Tama, Iowa, Frederick Gearing puts a face on the peoples ofthis tribe. In doing so, Gearing particularly deals with the estrangementof the Fox Indians and the Westerners surrounding them. He defines theconcept of estrangement as including feelings of contempt, indifference, and pity often leading to misplaced hurt and hate on both sides.Specifically, he states that when one is estranged, he is unable to relatebecause he cannot see enough to relate to, which is a type of socialdisconnect. Estrangement shackles both parties, leaving them unable toconnect with one another

Spis treści

I: Prologue; 2: Games That Words Play; 3: First Studies; 4: The Big Impossible—Being a Man; 5: Notes in the Margin: On Viewing Alien Ways; 6: Fox Social Structure; 7: Community Paralysis and Its Cure; 8: Notes in the Margin: Culture as Code; 9: Postscript : The Fox View of the Fox Self; 10: Three Anecdotes

O autorze

Frederick O. Gearing