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 Papago Woman
Ruth M. Underhill
A valued classic by a foremost female
anthropologist! Underhill’s fine ethnographic work gives us at least a glimpse
into a time that will not come again, yet a time that will forever shape the
future. Her approach is reverential, without being too sentimental. The study of
culture is enriched by Underhill’s writings, and the life history presented in
Papago Woman stands clear as an excellent example of her devotion to her
subject. $13.50 list, 98 pages 10-digit ISBN: 0-88133-042-6 13-digit ISBN: 978-0-88133-042-7 © 1979 “Hardly at any point was this life touched by our white standards of existence. From the beginning to end it has run a different current, filled with achievements, with joys and sorrows that arose out of the substance of life among her people. Her story—whether she is telling of being given to a husband she has never seen, or of her father’s adopting his enemy’s scalp into the household, or of the village ceremonials—sacrifices nothing of the accuracy of an ethnologist’s formal account; but it has also what the latter can hardly attain—the breath of life.” —Ruth Benedict
Table of Contents
1. Chona: Her Land and Time 2. The Autobiography of Chona, A Papago Woman 3. Child Training, Women, Love, and the Present
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