Ancestors : who we are and where we come from / David Hertzel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hertzel, David, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Genealogy--Interviews.

Genealogy.

Genealogy--Cross-cultural studies.

Families--Philosophy--Interviews.

Families.

Families--Philosophy--Cross-cultural studies.

Families--Philosophy.

Genre:

Cross-cultural studies.

Interviews.

Physical Description:

vii, 240 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2017]

Summary:

Everyone-in every place and culture-has ancestors. David Hertzel draws on his interviews with more than thirty people from a variety of cultural backgrounds across the United States and around the world to provide an engaging foray into the nature of relationships between people today and their ancestors, exploring what ancestry means in the modern world. Book jacket.

Contents:

Ancestors: who we are and where we come from

Sacred is as sacred does

"Who are your ancestors?"

Every person is an ancestor, a descendant, and an individual

The ancestral narrative

Ancestors in time and space

Ancestors, good and bad: pruning branches

Reciprocal arrangements.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Hertzel, David, author. Ancestors

ISBN:

9781538104361

1538104369

OCLC:

969830305