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MESA OF SORROWS: A HISTORY OF THE AWAT'OVI MASSACRE by James F. Brooks (2016)S10
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- Condizione
- Narrative Type
- Nonfiction
- Features
- Dust Jacket
- ISBN
- 9780393061253
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Norton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.
ISBN-10
0393061256
ISBN-13
9780393061253
eBay Product ID (ePID)
211901228
Product Key Features
Book Title
Mesa of Sorrows : a History of the Awat'ovi Massacre
Number of Pages
352 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2016
Topic
Archaeology, General, Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies, Native American
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Social Science, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.1 in
Item Weight
19.6 Oz
Item Length
1 in
Item Width
0.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2015-037504
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
Mesa of Sorrows is at once a profound immersion in the unique worldview of the Hopi and an eloquent meditation on the long shadows that violence in the past can cast into the present. A remarkable achievement by one of our preeminent historians of the Southwest borderlands., Vivid.... Brooks tells this tragic story with great sensitivity and power, offering readers a fascinating perspective on the history of the American Southwest., In this rich work of anthropology, archaeology, and personal sleuthing, James Brooks carefully unravels a mystery of enormous violence that convulsed the desert Southwest some three hundred years ago--and that still sends off psychic shock waves. Here is a haunting tale that is also deeply revealing, not only about the ancient Hopi Indians but about all human societies., Ingeniously pivoting back and forth across different centuries, James Brooks braids together insights from wildly different perspectives.... An unsettling and deeply illuminating meditation on violence, belonging, and the porous boundary between present and past., In this mysterious and captivating history, Brooks excavates a violent Southwestern world of sorcerers, priests, and archaeologists that is at once profoundly remote from and intensely familiar to our own modern times., Inthis brilliant and humane book, James Brooks recovers a grim tale of massacre, memory,and forgetting. Paying deft attention to bones, documents, pottery, andstories, he reveals a great mystery with a haunting and evocative clarity. Inrich and telling detail, Brooks explores a particular massacre to illuminatepowerful truths about the dilemmas of human nature., Opens an enthralling window into an ancient culture...[and] offers a reflection that any society forgets at its own peril., Mesa of Sorrows joins Karl Jacoby's Shadows at Dawn and Ari Kelman's A Misplaced Massacre as a compelling biography of an enduringly significant atrocity. James Brooks excavates for his readers the multiple layers of meaning contained in and resonating from this haunted place., Mesa of Sorrows recalls the history and legacy of the Awat'ovi massacre by brilliantly connecting the past to the Hopi present. It is a story of violence, destruction, and annihilation, but as James F. Brooks so eloquently demonstrates, it is also a story that is deeply rooted in the human experience., In this brilliant and humane book, James Brooks recovers a grim tale of massacre, memory, and forgetting. Paying deft attention to bones, documents, pottery, and stories, he reveals a great mystery with a haunting and evocative clarity. In rich and telling detail, Brooks explores a particular massacre to illuminate powerful truths about the dilemmas of human nature and cultures for the past two thousand years., In this rich work of anthropology, archaeology, and personal sleuthing, James Brooks carefully unravels a mystery of enormous violence that convulsed the desert Southwest some three hundred years ago--and that still sends off psychic shockwaves. Here is a haunting tale that is also deeply revealing, not only about the ancient Hopi Indians but all human societies., An engaging anthropological investigation into this difficult subject.... An attractive, authoritative read., Mesa of Sorrows signals the emergence of a new kind of history that weaves archaeology, sacred knowledge, written words, and oral traditions into transcendent insight. The result is a deeply disturbing glimpse of the American past, populated by pathos, poison, prophecy, and persistence. James Brooks writes beautifully, and he writes for all of us.
Dewey Decimal
979.1004/97458
Synopsis
The Hopi community of Awat'ovi existed peacefully on Arizona's Antelope Mesa for generations until one bleak morning in the fall of 1700--raiders from nearby Hopi villages descended on Awat'ovi, slaughtering their neighboring men, women, and children. While little of the pueblo itself remains, five centuries of history lie beneath the low rises of sandstone masonry, and theories about the events of that night are as persistent as the desert winds. The easternmost town on Antelope Mesa, Awat'ovi was renowned for its martial strength, and had been the gateway to the entire Hopi landscape for centuries. Why did kinsmen target it for destruction? Drawing on oral traditions, archival accounts, and extensive archaeological research, James Brooks unravels the story and its significance. Mesa of Sorrows follows the pattern of an archaeological expedition, uncovering layer after layer of evidence and theories. Brooks questions their reliability and shows how interpretations were shaped by academic, religious and tribal politics. Piecing together three centuries of investigation, he offers insight into why some were spared--women, mostly, and taken captive--and others sacrificed. He weighs theories that the attack was in retribution for Awat'ovi having welcomed Franciscan missionaries or for the residents' practice of sorcery, and argues that a perfect storm of internal and external crises revitalized an ancient cycle of ritual bloodshed and purification. A haunting account of a shocking massacre, Mesa of Sorrows is a probing exploration of how societies confront painful histories, and why communal violence still plagues us today., A scrupulously researched investigation of the mysterious massacre of Hopi Indians at Awat'ovi, and the event's echo through American history., "In this rich work of anthropology, archaeology, and personal sleuthing, James Brooks carefully unravels a mystery of enormous violence that convulsed the desert Southwest some three hundred years ago--and that still sends off psychic shockwaves. Here is a haunting tale that is also deeply revealing, not only about the ancient Hopi Indians but all human societies."--Hampton Sides, author of Blood and Thunder, The Hopi community of Awat'ovi existed peacefully on Arizona's Antelope Mesa for generations until one bleak morning in the fall of 1700-raiders from nearby Hopi villages descended on Awat'ovi, slaughtering their neighboring men, women, and children. While little of the pueblo itself remains, five centuries of history lie beneath the low rises of sandstone masonry, and theories about the events of that night are as persistent as the desert winds. The easternmost town on Antelope Mesa, Awat'ovi was renowned for its martial strength, and had been the gateway to the entire Hopi landscape for centuries. Why did kinsmen target it for destruction? Drawing on oral traditions, archival accounts, and extensive archaeological research, James Brooks unravels the story and its significance. Mesa of Sorrows follows the pattern of an archaeological expedition, uncovering layer after layer of evidence and theories. Brooks questions their reliability and shows how interpretations were shaped by academic, religious and tribal politics. Piecing together three centuries of investigation, he offers insight into why some were spared-women, mostly, and taken captive-and others sacrificed. He weighs theories that the attack was in retribution for Awat'ovi having welcomed Franciscan missionaries or for the residents' practice of sorcery, and argues that a perfect storm of internal and external crises revitalized an ancient cycle of ritual bloodshed and purification. A haunting account of a shocking massacre, Mesa of Sorrows is a probing exploration of how societies confront painful histories, and why communal violence still plagues us today.
LC Classification Number
E99.H7B85 2016
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