ANTH-2108 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: R2-D2, Crested Eagle, C-3Po
9 Dec 2013
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Ex. worldview of navaho largest native group in the us large reserve in arizona and new mexico, but many navaho have moved on to live elsewhere. Tony hillerman: wrote dancehall of the dead ; Worldview of euro-american on navaho reserves: see humans as occupying a very special place in the universe, the world was created for the benefit of humankind and that humans have the authority/right to exploit the natural world - Worldview is expressed though creative modes, such as art/drama/jokes/folk music/festivals. Snow white: published 1823, written from oral presentations -> European origin: talking mirror (divination instrument, queen cooks and eats the boar"s heart (ritual cannibalism) Story provides moral lesson -> the evils of envy and jealousy and what can happen to someone who exhibits these attributes (one version queen attends wedding + has to wear red-hot iron slippers; dances until dead) Story is supernatural, but not religious (not sacred/holy,
