Through Navajo eyes : an exploration in film communication and anthropology / Sol Worth and John Adair ; with a new foreword, afterword, and illustrations by Richard Chalfen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Worth, Sol.

Contributor:

Adair, John, 1913-1997.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Navajo Indians--Social life and customs.

Navajo Indians.

Navajo philosophy.

Motion pictures in ethnology--New Mexico.

Motion pictures in ethnology.

Visual anthropology--New Mexico.

Visual anthropology.

New Mexico.

Physical Description:

xxvi, 380 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Edition:

University of New Mexico Press revised edition.

Other Title:

Through Navaho eyes

Place of Publication:

Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 1997.

Summary:

Originally published in 1972, this pioneering book has become a classic in visual anthropology. Worth and Adair set out to answer the question, What would happen if someone from a culture that makes and uses motion pictures taught people who have never made or used motion pictures to do so for the first time? They taught filmmaking and editing to a group of six Navajos in Pine Springs, Arizona. This book explains what happened, what they and the Navajos said and thought about what happened, and how they analyzed the films in a cultural context. The films, still available for rent, are described in detail and illustrated with still photographs, giving the reader an opportunity to see through the eyes of people from a different cultural background. Richard Chalfen, a research assistant on the original project in 1966, has updated the book with a thorough discussion of the importance of the Navajo project and a critical assessment of the reactions to it. He has included a new section of references and an appendix offering answers to the ten most frequently asked questions about the project.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [351]-367) and index.

ISBN:

0826317715

OCLC:

35198575