Black Rock A Zuni Cultural Landscape and the Meaning of Place |
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| Author:
| Dodge, William A. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-61703-937-9 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2013 |
| Publisher: | University Press of Mississippi
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $30.00USD $30.00 |
Book Description:
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To visiting geologists Black Rock, New Mexico, is a basaltic escarpment and an ideal natural laboratory. To hospital workers, Black Rock is a picturesque place to earn a living. To the Zuni, the mesas, arroyos, and the rock itself are a stage on which the passion of their elders is relived. William A. Dodge explores how a shared sense of place evolves over time and through multiple cultures that claim the landscape.
To visiting geologists Black Rock, New Mexico, is a basaltic escarpment and an ideal natural laboratory. To hospital workers, Black Rock is a picturesque place to earn a living. To the Zuni, the mesas, arroyos, and the rock itself are a stage on which the passion of their elders is relived. William A. Dodge explores how a shared sense of place evolves over time and through multiple cultures that claim the landscape.