Book
To run after them: cultural and social bases of cooperation in a Navajo community
University of Arizona Press • Tucson • Published In 1977 • Pages:
By: Lamphere, Louise.
Abstract
This is a study of kinship and cooperation in a modern Navajo community. The book covers native concepts of cooperation and autonomy, reviews the literature and data on domestic organization with an emphasis on methodological difficulties, and then focuses on patterns in cooperative activities. Activities highlighted are sheep herding, agriculture, transportation, and ceremonial participation. Data are supplemented with case studies. The researcher also advances a model of reciprocity based on maintaining systematic ambiguity and flexible cooperative units. Conclusions attempt to resolve the apparent ambiguity of cooperative and autonomy values in Navajo society. Excellent ethnographic data can be found for all subjects covered and the review of domestic group literature is particularly helpful. Poor organization sometimes obscures the relationship between variables.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2004
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Southwest and Basin
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Richard A. Wagner ; John Beierle ; 1985
- Field Date
- 1965-1966
- Coverage Date
- 1963-1966
- Coverage Place
- Two Gray Hills area, New Mexico, United States
- Notes
- Louise Lamphere
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-218) and index
- LCCN
- 75008455
- LCSH
- Navajo Indians