Tro Ressonant

Identifier:  PC:1282

Handle: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11797/PC1282

Authors:  Paul Radin

Abstract:
This book is considered a milestone in ethnology that some believe inaugurated the literary and anthropological genre of Native American autobiographical narrative. The author of this milestone was the ethnologist Paul Radin, who was drive by his desire to describe the Winnebago culture to us “just as they were. It is an extraordinarily vivid text that immerses us in the cultural world of this ethnic group by describing the experiences of one of the tribe members in a context of profound change and social transformation. Radin’s aim was to capture the emotional world as the Native American saw it, whilst trying to eliminate any interference from the ethnographer and using colloquial language.