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Diné Bahane': The Navajo Creation Story

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Diné Bahane': The Navajo Creation Story

This is the most complete version of the Navajo creation story to appear in English since Washington Matthews' Navajo Legends of 1847. Zolbrod's new translation renders the power and delicacy of the oral storytelling performance on the page through a poetic idiom appropriate to the Navajo oral tradition.

Zolbrod's book offers the general reader a vivid introduction to Navajo culture. For students of literature this book proposes a new way of looking at our literary heritage.

ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS

Paul G. Zolbrod is adjunct professor of humanities at the Crownpoint, New Mexico Campus of DinÃ© College, the Navajo Nation Tribal College. He also served as senior curator at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, Museum of New Mexico, 1994-1997.

ACCLAIM

"A fine literary rendition that appears to approximate the traditional Navajo storytelling style better than any other English version."-- Choice

Country	USA
Author	Paul G. Zolbrod
Binding	Kindle Edition
Edition	1st
EISBN	9780826325037
Format	Kindle eBook
IsAdultProduct
Label	University of New Mexico Press
Manufacturer	University of New Mexico Press
NumberOfPages	444
PublicationDate	1987-12-01
Publisher	University of New Mexico Press
ReleaseDate	1987-12-01
Studio	University of New Mexico Press

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