Molded in the Image of Changing Woman: Navajo Views on the Human Body and Personhood

by Maureen Trudelle Schwarz

What might result from hearing a particular song, wearing used clothing, or witnessing an accident? Ethnographic accounts of the Navajo refer repeatedly to the influences of events on health and well-being, yet until now no attempt has been made to clarify the Navajo system of rules governing association and effect.

This book focuses on the complex interweaving of the cosmological, social, and bodily realms that Navajo people navigate...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816516278
• ISBN13: 9780816516278
• Release Date: July 1997
• Publisher: University of Arizona Press
• Length: 299 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.1"