The Bedbugs' Night Dance and Other Hopi Tales of Sexual Encounter

by Ekkehart Malotki

Book Overview

The mysteries and complexities of sex--the wonder of sexual initiation, the discomfort of sexual desire, the penalties of indulgence, and the power of erotic love--have all found expression in Hopi tales. Sometimes cast in animal fables, sometimes presented in monstrous exaggeration to emphasize the power of sexual appetite, and sometimes as wildly bawdy as Shakespeare, the tales evoke the candor of Hopi imagination and the vitality of Hopi culture...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803282397
• ISBN13: 9780803282391
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Unp - Bison Books
• Length: 389 Pages
• Weight: 1.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"