{"product_id":"reading-the-wampum-essays-on-hodinohso-ni-visual-code-and-epistemological-recovery-hardcover","title":"Reading the Wampum: Essays on Hodinöhsö Ni' Visual Code and Epistemological Recovery - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePenelope Myrtle Kelsey\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSince the fourteenth century, Eastern Woodlands tribes have used delicate purple and white shells called \"wampum\" to form intricately woven belts. These wampum belts depict significant moments in the lives of the people who make up the tribes, portraying everything from weddings to treaties. Wampum belts can be used as a form of currency, but they are primarily used as a means to record significant oral narratives for future generations. In Reading the Wampum, Kelsey provides the first academic consideration of the ways in which these sacred belts are reinterpreted into current Haudenosaunee tradition. While Kelsey explores the aesthetic appeal of the belts, she also provides insightful analysis of how readings of wampum belts can change our understanding of specific treaty rights and land exchanges. Kelsey shows how contemporary Iroquois intellectuals and artists adapt and reconsider these traditional belts in new and innovative ways. \u003ci\u003eReading the Wampum\u003c\/i\u003e conveys the vitality and continuance of wampum traditions in Iroquois art, literature, and community, suggesting that wampum narratives pervade and reappear in new guises with each new generation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePenelope Myrtle Kelsey \u003c\/b\u003eis professor of English at the University of Colorado at Boulder. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eTribal Theory in Native American Literature: Dakota and Haudenosaunee Writing and Worldviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 200\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.63 x 9.38 x 6.11 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 24, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47457501511933,"sku":"9780815633662","price":60.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/aGRXQmZkTWg3VlErNmk2MGhhOWsrZz09.webp?v=1777237944","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/reading-the-wampum-essays-on-hodinohso-ni-visual-code-and-epistemological-recovery-hardcover","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}