Orayvi Revisited: Social Stratification in an "Egalitarian" Society

by Jerrold E. Levy

Overview

Challenging the widely held view of the Hopi Indians of Arizona as a sober, peaceful, and cooperative people with an egalitarian social organization, Levy examines the 1906 split in the Third Mesa village of Orayvi.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781934691274
Publisher:	School for Advanced Research Press
Publication date:	11/01/1992
Series:	A School for Advanced Research Resident Scholar Book
Pages:	216
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.80(d)

Editorial Reviews

This book is an unparalleled contribution to Hopi studies specifically and to studies of Puebloan societies in particular.

American Anthropologist

In a re-examination of the 1906 split of the Arizona Hopi village, Orayvi, Levy (anthropology, U. of Arizona) analyzes the underlying tension between the Hopi ideology of social integration and the traditional land control systems that reinforce social stratification. Published by the School of American Research Press, and distributed by U. of Washington Press. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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