Spider Woman: A Story of Navajo Weavers and Chanters

by Gladys A. Reichard and Reichard

Book Overview

This lively account of a pioneering anthropologist's experiences with a Navajo family grew out of the author's desire to learn to weave as a way of participating in Navajo culture rather than observing it from the outside. In 1930, when Gladys Reichard came to stay with the family of Red-Point, a well-known Navajo singer, it was unusual for an anthropologist to live with a family and become intimately connected with women's activities. First published...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826317936
• ISBN13: 9780826317933
• Release Date: April 1997
• Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.6" x 8.0"