{"product_id":"abalone-tales-9780822342335","title":"Abalone Tales","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor Native peoples of California, the abalone found along the state's coast has remarkably complex significance as food, spirit, narrative symbol, tradable commodity, and material with which to make adornment and sacred regalia. This book examines the cultural, social, and economic importance of abalone among the California Indian tribes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eAbalone Tales\u003c\/i\u003e shimmers like the mother of pearl in a California Indian necklace. Out from the shadows of the old colonial tradition, the book fulfills the overdue promise of a new collaborative anthropology. It accomplishes this with remarkable intimacy and intelligence, and in so doing gives us new ways of thinking about ethnography, Native America, and the global politics of indigeneity today.”—\u003cb\u003eOrin Starn\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eIshi’s Brain: In Search of America’s Last “Wild” Indian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e“Abalone Tales\u003c\/i\u003e is a fine example of collaborative ethnography. It adds immeasurably to ongoing conversations among anthropologists and other social scientists about the still-emergent possibilities for producing dialogic, collaborative, and ethically responsible ethnographies.”—\u003cb\u003eLuke Eric Lassiter\u003c\/b\u003e, Marshall University Graduate College\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbout the Series vii\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments ix\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: Why Abalone? The Making of a Collaborative Research Project 1\u003cbr\u003e I. Artifact, Narrative, Genocide \u003cbr\u003e 1. The Old Abalone Necklaces and the Possibility of a Muwekma Ohlone Cultural Patrimony 9\u003cbr\u003e 2. Abalone Woman Attends the Wiyot Reawakening 50\u003cbr\u003e II. The \"Meaning\" of Abalone: Two Different Abalone Projects \u003cbr\u003e 3. Florence Silvia and the Legacy of John Boston: Responsibility at the Intersection of Friendship and Ethnography 62\u003cbr\u003e 4. Reflections on the Iridescent One 84\u003cbr\u003e III. Cultural Revivification and the Species Extinction \u003cbr\u003e 5. Cultural Revivification in the Hoopa Valley 109\u003cbr\u003e 6. Extinction Narratives and Pristine Moments: Evaluating the Decline of Abalone 137\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: Horizons of Collaborative Research 161\u003cbr\u003e Notes 173\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography 179\u003cbr\u003e Index 193","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406051451223,"sku":"9780822342335","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780822342335.jpg?v=1730494366","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/abalone-tales-9780822342335","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}