Black Rock : a Zuni cultural landscape and the meaning of place / William A. Dodge.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dodge, William A., 1951-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Zuni Indians--New Mexico--Black Rock--Social life and customs.

Zuni Indians.

Geographical perception--New Mexico--Black Rock.

Geographical perception.

Landscape assessment--New Mexico--Black Rock.

Landscape assessment.

Indigenous peoples--Ecology--New Mexico--Black Rock.

Indigenous peoples.

Black Rock (N.M.)--History.

Black Rock (N.M.).

Black Rock (N.M.)--Social life and customs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (267 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, c2007.

Summary:

To visiting geologists Black Rock, New Mexico, is a basaltic escarpment and an ideal natural laboratory. To hospital workers Black Rock is a picturesque place to earn a living. To the Zuni the mesas, arroyos, and the rock itself are a stage on which the passion of their elders is relived. William A. Dodge ex-plores how a shared sense of place evolves over time and through multi-ple cultures that claim the landscape. Through stories told over many generations, this landscape has given the Zuni an understand-ing of how they came to be in this world. More recently, paleogeographers have studied t

Contents:

Prologue: A visit to Black Rock

Introduction to place-making, identity, and cultural landscapes

A place of landforms, imagination, and spirituality

Peopling the place

Constructing the Zuni Dam

The Zuni agency boarding school at Black Rock

Appropriating place : Black Rock, an agency town

Taking back Black Rock : the Indian new deal and self-determination

Making sense of Black Rock's cultural landscape.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-239) and index.

ISBN:

9786612485220

9781621031468

1621031462

9781282485228

1282485229

9781604733150

1604733152

OCLC:

646803318