Through Navajo Eyes: An Exploration in Film Communication and Anthropology

321 Pages·1975·4.72 MB·English

by  Sol Worth

THROUGH NAVAJO EYES
An Exploration in Film Communication and Anthropology

THROUGH
NAVAJO EYES
An Exploration in Film
Communication and Anthropology
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S O L WORTH
J O H N ADAIR
Indiana University Press
Bloomington / London
FIRST PAPERBACK PRINTING I975
Copyright @ 1972 by Indiana University Press
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Published in Canada by Fitzhenry 6W hiteside Limited, Don Mills, Ontario
Library of Congress catalog card number: 78-180488
ISBN: 0-253-36016-1 pa. 0-253-36015-3 cl.
MANUFACTURED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
This book is dedicated
to
IDAW ISHNEPOLSKY
JACK AND
and to
CASEY

Contents
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction 3
PART ONE
CHAPTER I How Do People Structure Reality Through
Film? Some Problems in Communication,
Anthropology, and Film I1
Some Qgestions About Film
CHAPTER 2 A Look at Film As If It Were a Language 21
CHAPTER 3 The Navajo 31
PART TWO
CHAPTER 4 The Method of Research 42
Participant Observation in Film
Research
Choosing the Community and the
Students
The Community Agrees
CHAPTER 5 The Lives of Some of the Navajo Students 63
CHAPTER 6 Teaching Navajos about Cameras and Film 74
The First Day: Getting Ready
The Second Day: How the Camera
Works