xvii, 243 sivua ; 20 cm, 243 pages
English language
Published 2020 by Penguin Books.
Leslie Marmon Silko: Ceremony (Hardcover, 2020, Penguin Books)
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Tayo, a young Native American, has been a prisoner of the Japanese during World War II, and the horrors of captivity have almost eroded his will to survive. His return to the Laguna Pueblo reservation only increases his feeling of estrangement and alienation. While other returning soldiers find easy refuge in alcohol and senseless violence, Tayo searches for another kind of comfort and resolution. Tayo's quest leads him back to the Indian past and its traditions, to beliefs about witchcraft and evil, and to the ancient stories of his people. The search itself becomes a ritual, a curative ceremony that defeats the most virulent of afflictions—despair.
Subjects
- Tayo (fiktiivinen hahmo)
- 1940-luku
- 1950-luku
- intiaanit
- sosiaalinen kerrostuneisuus
- sosiaalinen asema
- uskonto ja uskonnot
- perinne
- neuroosit
- muistot
- toinen maailmansota
- juurettomuus
- syyllisyys
- noituus
- ystävyys
- petos
- sotaveteraanit
- šamaanit
- prostituoidut
- reservaatit
- intiaanikulttuurit
- kaupungit
- New Mexico
- Yhdysvallat