Papago Indian life in the desert Southwest before the coming of the white man, told through the daily life of a family. The works of Ruth Murray Underhill are generally considered to be the most reliable, readable sources on Papago literature and life presently available.
Papago Indian life in the desert Southwest before the coming of the white man, told through the daily life of a family. The works of Ruth Murray Under...
Ruth M. Underhill (1883-1984) was one of the twentieth century's legendary anthropologists, forged in the same crucible as Franz Boas, Ruth Benedict, and Margaret Mead. After decades of trying to escape her Victorian roots, Underhill took on a new adventure at the age of forty-six, when she entered Columbia University as a doctoral student of anthropology. Celebrated now as one of America's pioneering anthropologists, Underhill reveals her life's journey in frank, tender, unvarnished revelations that form the basis of An Anthropologist's Arrival. This memoir, edited by Chip...
Ruth M. Underhill (1883-1984) was one of the twentieth century's legendary anthropologists, forged in the same crucible as Franz Boas, Ruth Benedict, ...
