Kokopelli: The Making of an Icon

by Ekkehart Malotki

Book Overview

Kokopelli the flute player is one of the most popular icons that American culture has adopted from the Native peoples of North America. The Kokopelli name and image are everywhere, adorning everything from jewelry, welcome mats, T-shirts, and money clips to motels, freeway underpasses, nature trails, nightclubs, and string quartets. Kokopelli evokes mystery and wonder, ancient ceremonies and spirituality, Mother Earth and the purity of nature.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803282958
• ISBN13: 9780803282957
• Release Date: April 2004
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 161 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 8.1"

Customer Reviews

The Definitive Kokopelli

This is the definitive book on the phenomenon. If you want a discussion of the real "Kokopelli" rather than a compendium of fanciful and spurious "new age" ideas, this work provides that and more. Along the way you will gain interesting insights into Hopi culture, and how the Kokopelli phemomenon may have started and grown. Nicely illustrated.