
The Face of the Fox
With a New Introduction by Vernie Davis
Frederick O. Gearing(Author)
AldineTransaction (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 15. March 2006
Book
Paperback/Softback
184 pages
978-0-202-30842-5 (ISBN)
Description
In The Face of the Fox, an anthropological and sociological study of the Fox American Indians (the Mesquakie, their actual tribal name) who live just outside Tama, Iowa, Frederick Gearing puts a face on the peoples of this tribe. In doing so, Gearing particularly deals with the estrangement of the Fox Indians and the Westerners surrounding them. He defines the concept of estrangement as including feelings of contempt, indifference, and pity often leading to misplaced hurt and hate on both sides. Specifically, he states that when one is estranged, he is unable to relate because he cannot see enough to relate to, which is a type of social disconnect. Estrangement shackles both parties, leaving them unable to connect with one another.
Finding this is more of a cognitive mental processing problem, Gearing proposes gaining control of the mind, believing the opposite of being estranged is to find a people believable and real. The way to do this is to educate each estranged group about the other and put a face on each group. Educating Westerners about the Fox people they live next to, Gearing describes their community, their social structure, their culture, their language and some of its many meanings, and their view of themselves and how they view their future.
Attempting to end estrangement and engender endearment and understanding, The Face of the Fox will be of interest to anthropologists and sociologists focusing on the American Indian.
Finding this is more of a cognitive mental processing problem, Gearing proposes gaining control of the mind, believing the opposite of being estranged is to find a people believable and real. The way to do this is to educate each estranged group about the other and put a face on each group. Educating Westerners about the Fox people they live next to, Gearing describes their community, their social structure, their culture, their language and some of its many meanings, and their view of themselves and how they view their future.
Attempting to end estrangement and engender endearment and understanding, The Face of the Fox will be of interest to anthropologists and sociologists focusing on the American Indian.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Somerset
United States
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
276 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-202-30842-5 (9780202308425)
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Person
Fred Gearing is professor of anthropology emeritus at the University at Buffalo, the State University of New York. He is a student of social organization in small communities, with a special focus on American Indians and in village Greece. Vernie Davis is professor of anthropology and peace and conflict studies at Guilford College, Greensboro, NC and faculty director of the Guilford College Conflict Resolution Center.
Content
I: Prologue; 2: Games That Words Play; 3: First Studies; 4: The Big Impossible-Being a Man; 5: Notes in the Margin: On Viewing Alien Ways; 6: Fox Social Structure; 7: Community Paralysis and Its Cure; 8: Notes in the Margin: Culture as Code; 9: Postscript : The Fox View of the Fox Self; 10: Three Anecdotes