Gary Witherspoon
Biographic Data
| ID | 82275 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gary Witherspoon |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gary |
| FAMILY NAME | Witherspoon |
| SIGNATURE | WITHERSPOON G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Diné College |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 125 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1970 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
A Place to Be Navajo
The Nightway
Art In Society
Language in Culture and Culture in Language
Language and Art in the Navajo Universe
A study of Navajo culture with a view to its philosophical underpinnings examines the dynamism and adaptability of the Navajo language, and the enduring relevance of ritual in the Navajo world-view.
Navajo Kinship and Marriage
The are one of the most studied people in the world; yet their social organization is one of the least well understood. In Navajo Kinship and Marriage, Gary Witherspoon, a fluent speaker of the language who lived among the for eight years, offers a new theoretical approach to kinship based on its cultural dimensions. makes a primary distinction between culture (patterns for behavior) and the system of social relations (observable patterns of beha…
Navajo kinship and marriage
The Central Concepts of Navajo World View (Ii)
Navajo
The Central Concepts of Navajo World View (I)
Sheep in Navajo Culture and Social Organization1
The sheep herd occupies an important place in Navajo thought and social organization. It provides the Navajo with both a material and psychological sense of security, contributes to a Navajo's physical and mental health, and is the object of considerable affective investment and moral responsibility. The residence group, the fundamental unit of Navajo social organization, is organized around and integrated by the sheep herd. At the residence grou…
Reply to Wyman's Comment
Navajo Categories of Objects at Rest
Navajo culture partitions the domain of objects at rest into fifteen general categories based on the variables of size, shape, firmness, density, position, cohesiveness, animate or inanimate, and contained or non‐contained. Each of the fifteen general categories are partitioned into fifteen additional categories based on the variables of plurality, grouping, and patterning, making a total of 225 basic categories in the cultural domain of objects …
Blessingway . Leland C. Wyman
American AnthropologistVolume 73, Issue 6 p. 1360-1361 Free Access Blessingway. LELAND C. WYMAN GARY WITHERSPOON, GARY WITHERSPOON Navajo Community CollegeSearch for more papers by this author GARY WITHERSPOON, GARY WITHERSPOON Navajo Community CollegeSearch for more papers by this author First published: December 1971 https://doi.org/10.1525/aa.1971.73.6.02a00520AboutPDF ToolsExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessSh…
A New Look at Navajo Social Organization1
The concrete social system of the Navajo is ordered by the conceptual or symbolic system. The central symbol of Navajo social organization is motherhood. The symbolic meaning of motherhood is found in life, reproduction, and subsistence. It is expressed in affectionate care and in the giving or providing of food. The basic unit of the concrete social system of the Navajo, the subsistence residential unit, is organized, structured, and integrated …
Language and Art in the Navajo Universe
A study of Navajo culture with a view to its philosophical underpinnings examines the dynamism and adaptability of the Navajo language, and the enduring relevance of ritual in the Navajo world-view.
Navajo kinship and marriage
Language in Culture and Culture in Language
A New Look at Navajo Social Organization1
The concrete social system of the Navajo is ordered by the conceptual or symbolic system. The central symbol of Navajo social organization is motherhood. The symbolic meaning of motherhood is found in life, reproduction, and subsistence. It is expressed in affectionate care and in the giving or providing of food. The basic unit of the concrete social system of the Navajo, the subsistence residential unit, is organized, structured, and integrated …
Sheep in Navajo Culture and Social Organization1
The sheep herd occupies an important place in Navajo thought and social organization. It provides the Navajo with both a material and psychological sense of security, contributes to a Navajo's physical and mental health, and is the object of considerable affective investment and moral responsibility. The residence group, the fundamental unit of Navajo social organization, is organized around and integrated by the sheep herd. At the residence grou…
Navajo Categories of Objects at Rest
Navajo culture partitions the domain of objects at rest into fifteen general categories based on the variables of size, shape, firmness, density, position, cohesiveness, animate or inanimate, and contained or non‐contained. Each of the fifteen general categories are partitioned into fifteen additional categories based on the variables of plurality, grouping, and patterning, making a total of 225 basic categories in the cultural domain of objects …
The Central Concepts of Navajo World View (Ii)
The Central Concepts of Navajo World View (I)
A New Look at Navajo Social Organization1
The concrete social system of the Navajo is ordered by the conceptual or symbolic system. The central symbol of Navajo social organization is motherhood. The symbolic meaning of motherhood is found in life, reproduction, and subsistence. It is expressed in affectionate care and in the giving or providing of food. The basic unit of the concrete social system of the Navajo, the subsistence residential unit, is organized, structured, and integrated …
Navajo Categories of Objects at Rest
Navajo culture partitions the domain of objects at rest into fifteen general categories based on the variables of size, shape, firmness, density, position, cohesiveness, animate or inanimate, and contained or non‐contained. Each of the fifteen general categories are partitioned into fifteen additional categories based on the variables of plurality, grouping, and patterning, making a total of 225 basic categories in the cultural domain of objects …
Blessingway . Leland C. Wyman
American AnthropologistVolume 73, Issue 6 p. 1360-1361 Free Access Blessingway. LELAND C. WYMAN GARY WITHERSPOON, GARY WITHERSPOON Navajo Community CollegeSearch for more papers by this author GARY WITHERSPOON, GARY WITHERSPOON Navajo Community CollegeSearch for more papers by this author First published: December 1971 https://doi.org/10.1525/aa.1971.73.6.02a00520AboutPDF ToolsExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessSh…
Reply to Wyman's Comment
Sheep in Navajo Culture and Social Organization1
The sheep herd occupies an important place in Navajo thought and social organization. It provides the Navajo with both a material and psychological sense of security, contributes to a Navajo's physical and mental health, and is the object of considerable affective investment and moral responsibility. The residence group, the fundamental unit of Navajo social organization, is organized around and integrated by the sheep herd. At the residence grou…
Navajo
The Central Concepts of Navajo World View (I)
Navajo kinship and marriage
The Central Concepts of Navajo World View (Ii)
Navajo Kinship and Marriage
The are one of the most studied people in the world; yet their social organization is one of the least well understood. In Navajo Kinship and Marriage, Gary Witherspoon, a fluent speaker of the language who lived among the for eight years, offers a new theoretical approach to kinship based on its cultural dimensions. makes a primary distinction between culture (patterns for behavior) and the system of social relations (observable patterns of beha…
Language and Art in the Navajo Universe
A study of Navajo culture with a view to its philosophical underpinnings examines the dynamism and adaptability of the Navajo language, and the enduring relevance of ritual in the Navajo world-view.
Language in Culture and Culture in Language
Art In Society
The Nightway
A Place to Be Navajo
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