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Stewart Culin (1858–1929)

Autore di Games of the North American Indians

22+ opere 177 membri 4 recensioni 1 preferito

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Opere di Stewart Culin

Opere correlate

The Study of Games (1971) — Collaboratore — 20 copie

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Informazioni generali

Data di nascita
1858-07-13
Data di morte
1929
Sesso
male
Attività lavorative
Curator of the Department of Ethnology
Organizzazioni
Brooklyn Museum

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Games figured prominently in the myths of North American Indian tribes, and also in their ceremonies for bringing rain and fertility and combating misfortune. In his classic study, originally published in 1907 as a report of the Bureau of American Ethnology, Stewart Culin divided the games played by Indian men and women into two general types.
 
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riselibrary_CSUC | Aug 25, 2021 |
Games figured prominently in the myths of North American Indian tribes, and also in their ceremonies for bringing rain and fertility and combating misfortune. In his classic study, originally published in 1907 as a report of the Bureau of American Ethnology, Stewart Culin divided the games played by Indian men and women into two general types.
Volume 1 of this Bison Books edition takes up games of chance, involving guessing and throwing dice. Culin was able to show that the games of North American tribes were remarkably similar in method and purpose.… (altro)
 
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riselibrary_CSUC | Aug 6, 2021 |

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Recensioni
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ISBN
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