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Author: Thomas Vennum
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Imprint: Johns Hopkins University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 17.80cm
, Height: 2.20cm
, Length: 25.40cm
Weight: 0.680kg
ISBN: 9780801887642
ISBN 10: 080188764
Pages: 376
Publication Date: 27 February 2008
Recommended Age: From 18
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Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Reviews
From the first great super bowls of America, those heroic, spiritual contests played out on mile-long arenas for days at a time, to the modern box game on struggling reservations, Indian lacrosse is a telling thread in our national tapestry, and Tom Vennum has brought it to life. - Robert Lipsyte, New York Times sports columnist In a mix of narrative, interviews, analysis, and tribal lore, Mr. Vennum has crafted a complex and entertaining book... American Indian Lacrosse offers a sweeping new perspective on a game that has functioned, at various times, as symbolic combat ritual, healing ceremony, gambling spectacle, war ruse, and intercollegiate sport. - Washington Times In our attempts to be better, to be successful, to be champions, American Indian Lacrosse helps us achieve greater reward - understanding the essence of the game. - David Klarmann, head lacrosse coach, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Brings the game's cultural complexities and historical roles to life... A major contribution to the cultural history of sport. - American Anthropologist This exhaustive, well-documented work serves as a definitive study of the sport in its traditional form. - Library Journal
In a mix of narrative, interviews, analysis, and tribal lore, Mr. Vennum has crafted a complex and entertaining book... American Indian Lacrosse offers a sweeping new perspective on a game that has functioned, at various times, as symbolic combat ritual, healing ceremony, gambling spectacle, war ruse, and intercollegiate sport. Washington Times Brings the game's cultural complexities and historical roles to life... A major contribution to the cultural history of sport. American Anthropologist This exhaustive, well-documented work serves as a definitive study of the sport in its traditional form. A worthy addition to core subject and Native American collections. Library Journal This book presents a rare account. Book News 2008 An important study and a good read... Vennum's writing style is an alluring blend of hygienic academic analysis and historical accounts, narratives and interviews, a style used deliberately throughout the book... His book is a compelling journey into the historical exploration of an old team sport. -- Halvdan Haugsbakken idrottsforum.org/recensioner 2009 An interesting recount of the various ways that Indians utilized the game in their cultural, social, and curative worlds. -- Joe Watkins Journal of Anthropological Research 2009
Author Information
Thomas Vennum, senior ethnomusicologist emeritus at the Center for Folklife Programs and Cultural Studies, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., is the author of Lacrosse Legends of the First Americans. Retired and living in Tucson, Arizona, he continues research among Indian tribes in Sonora, Mexico, specifically the Seri.
