Weekly Book List, February 1, 2013

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Compiled by Nina C. Ayoub

ANTHROPOLOGY

Arapaho Women's Quillwork: Motion, Life, and Creativity by Jeffrey D. Anderson (University of Oklahoma Press; 205 pages; $39.95). Discusses women's porcupine quillwork art as practiced until the early 20th century and its relationship to Arapaho ritual.

Kuna Art and Shamanism: An Ethnographic Approach by Paolo Fortis (University of Texas Press; 257 pages; $55). Explores the ritual roles of nuchukana, wooden