The Continuation of Tradition in Navajo Society—New and Expanded Edition

The Continuation of Tradition in Navajo Society—New and Expanded Edition

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作者:喬健(Chien Chiao)/中央研究院民族學研究所兼任研究員
出版日期:2010/09
語文:英文
ISBN/識別號:9789866286094
DOI/電子書:10.6140/AP.9789866286094

 

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This book is a field study of how ceremonialism is continued in Navajo society with certain comparison with related Chinese and Tibetan cases. The continuation of tradition or culture is a central issue in cultural anthropology. The author’s ambition is to construct models, based on fieldwork, of the processes by which a tradition or culture is continued in societies at different levels of social and economic development. This book, as dealing with a preliterate and simple society, is a first attempt at such a model.

本書旨在探討北美最大的印第安族群——拿瓦侯族如何傳承和延續「傳統」,並比較儒學在中國社會傳承的狀況。本書是台灣研究美洲原住民文化的先驅著作,曾於1971年由中央研究院民族學研究所出版;此次藉由重新出版的機會,作者新增一篇內容為第六章且重新作序,亦修訂原書內容,因此內容更為豐富、確實,具有參閱與收藏的價值。

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Publication date 2010年9月30日
圖書類型 學術書
喬健(Chien Chiao)
美國康乃爾(Cornell)大學人類學系哲學博士。
先後曾任教美國印第安那(Indiana)大學(1966-1976);香港中文大學(1976-1995),為之創建人類學系並擔任系主任;國立東華大學(1995-2005),為之創建族群關係與文化研究所並擔任所長。曾獲中央民族大學、山西大學、國立東華大學等校聘為榮譽教授。現任中央研究院民族學研究所兼任研究員,世新大學(2005-)講座教授。

專長領域:
文化人類學、社會結構與政治行為、宗教與祭儀、文化諮詢。

專研族群:
包括台灣卑南族、美國拿瓦侯族(Navajo)、華南瑤族、福建惠東漁民、山西樂戶。

006 List of Tables
007 List of Figures
009 Preface to the New Edition
013 Preface to the Original Edition
017 Introduction
029 Chapter I: the Navajo Tribe and Its Tradition
029 The Navajo Tribe
034 The Ceremonial Tradition
039 Chapter II: Transmission
040 Decision to Learn
048 Age to Begin
049 Kinship Tie Between the Teacher and the Student
053 Procedure of Learning
057 Becoming a Singer
058 Paying the Teacher
059 Teacher-Student Relationship
060 Learning More Ceremonies
067 Individual Variations
071 Chapter III: Dispensation
071 The Dispensator
076 The Recipient
081 The Procedure of Dispensation
084 Observation of a Blessing Way Ceremony
093 Chapter IV: Conceptualization
093 Personal Possession of Tradition
101 Qualification for Various Roles
101 Chinese Case
107 Navajo Case
115 Chapter V: Continuity and Discontinuity
116 Involvement in Ceremonialism
118 Attitude Towards Ceremonialism
123 Pattern of Cognition Concerning Ceremonialism
126 Prospect
131 Chapter VI: Navajo Sandpainting and Tibetan Mandala: A Preliminary Comparison
131 Introductory Remark
133 Method and Material of Drawing
135 Colors and Directions
139 Light
140 Disposal of Sand
141 Concluding Remark
145 Appendix
145 I. Questions for Interviewing Singers
148 II. Questions Asked in the Survey of Navajo Students
149 III. List of Real Names and Residences of the Singers Interviewed
151 References