Anetso, the Cherokee Ball Game: At the Center of Ceremony and Identity (First Peoples: New Directions in Indigenous Studies) . Michael J. Zogry

Anetso, the Cherokee Ball Game: At the Center of Ceremony and Identity (First Peoples: New Directions in Indigenous Studies)



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Anetso, the Cherokee Ball Game: At the Center of Ceremony and Identity (First Peoples: New Directions in Indigenous Studies) Michael J. Zogry ebook pdf
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Language: English
Page: 329
ISBN: 0807833606, 9780807833605

"A fascinating exploration of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians' ball game, Anetso."
-The Journal of American History

"A remarkable assessment of anetso. . . . An important and compelling work. . . . It will certainly remain the standard text on the topic for years to come."
-Indigenous Peoples Issues & Resources

"Innovative, compelling, and thoroughly researched. . . . Specialists in Cherokee religion, ritual studies, and religion and sports will appreciate this book."
-Religion in American History

"A superb amalgamation of historical and ethnological methodologies and interpretations of evidence, Zogry demonstrates the defiant persistence of Cherokee cultural and religious elements embedded within Anetso that contemporary Cherokee ball players and spectators continue to embrace today."
-H-Net Reviews

"Zogry combines extensive archival research and ethnographic fieldwork with a firm theoretical foundation to convincingly argue for the centrality of anetso to Cherokee cultural identity. . . . Conceptually clear and culturally sensitive. . . . A valuable contribution."
-West Virginia History

"A very important and significant book about a Cherokee activity that reinforces the fact that the meaning of anetso remains as elusive as the "ball" itself but still central to Cherokee cultural identity."
-Register of the Kentucky Historical Society

"He combines extensive archival research with fieldwork and videography. . . . Recommended."
-CHOICE

"The kind of book that I would like to see more of . . . . Zogry has, with the publication of his rich book, renewed a (scholarly) tradition of importance."
-Ethnohistory

"A significant contribution to the field of Cherokee studies, particularly Cherokee religious studies . . . . Zogry's analysis of the ball game is deeper and more nuanced than those that have come before."
-Journal of Southern History

"Provides a striking opportunity for rethinking the understanding of ritual and performance as well as their relationship to cultural identity. . . . Offers a sharp reappraisal of scholarly discourse on the Cherokee religious system."
-Edgefield Advertiser A precursor to lacrosse, anetso, a centuries-old Cherokee ball game still played today, is a vigorous sport that rewards speed, strength, and agility. It is also the focus of several linked ritual activities. Zogry argues that members of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Nation continue to perform selected aspects of their cultural identity by engaging in anetso. He shows that it is a ceremonial cycle that incorporates a variety of activities which, taken together, complicate standard distinctions of game versus ritual, public display versus private performance, and tradition versus innovation.


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