essay
Cherokee notions of power
anthropology of power • New York • Published In 1977 • Pages: 185-194
By: Fogelson, Raymond D..
Abstract
Anthropological considerations of what constitutes power tend to focus on one or two areas of investigation. One of these is oriented toward native ideas of personal or impersonal mystical energy, a mana-like force believed to imbue phenomena, persons, places, times, and things located in various culturally constituted behavioral environments: the second generally involves political processes and decision making. In this article Fogelson discusses traditional Cherokee ideas of power in the sense of mystical energy and then relates certain aspects of these ideas to Cherokee political processes (p. 185).
- HRAF PubDate
- 2000
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Eastern Woodlands
- Document Type
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- John Beierle ; 2006
- Field Date
- 1958-1961
- Coverage Date
- 1800-1961
- Coverage Place
- North Carolina and Oklahoma, United States
- Notes
- Raymond D. Fogelson
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 194)
- LCCN
- 76009150
- LCSH
- Cherokee Indians