Lisa J Lefler, Thomas N Belt

Broschiertes Buch

Sounds of Tohi

Cherokee Health and Well-Being in Southern Appalachia

Beschreibung

Dialogue between a medical anthropologist and a Cherokee linguist about health, well-being, and environmental issues. Their discussion displays traditional Indigenous knowledge as well as the importance of place for two people from cultures and histories that intersect in the mountains of Southern Appalachia.

Autor

Lisa J. Lefler is director of the Culturally-Based Native Health Program at Western Carolina University and also founder and former executive director of the Center for Native Health. She is editor of Anthropology: Weaving Our Discipline with Community, Under the Rattlesnake: Cherokee Health and Resiliency, and Southern Foodways and Culture: Local Considerations and Beyond and coeditor of Southern Indians and Anthropologists: Culture, Politics, and Identity. Thomas N. Belt is a retired coordinator of Western Carolina University's program in Cherokee language and recipient of an honorary doctorate degree from Western Carolina University and a national honor for service from the Cherokee Nation. He is cofounder of the annual Rooted in the Mountains Symposium.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Alabama Press
• Seitenzahl: 128
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. August 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 154mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 209g
• ISBN-13: 9780817361914
• ISBN-10: 081736191X
• Artikelnr.: 70609151