Ceremony (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
At a glance:
- Author: Leslie Marmon Silko
- First Published: 1977
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Social realism
- Time of Work: Shortly after World War II
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction, Social realism, Mythological literature
- Subjects: Values, Self-discovery, Mythology or myths, Race, Nature, Social issues, 1940’s, World War II, Alienation, Guilt, Spiritual life or spirituality, Mental illness, Native Americans or American Indians, War, Multiculturalism, Illegitimacy, Mysticism, Southwest, Mexico or Mexicans, Rites or ceremonies, Time, Smoke
- Locales: Laguna Pueblo, NM
Places Discussed
*Gallup. Northwestern New Mexico city on the Puerco River that is the seat of McKinley County. With Navajo communities to the north and west, Zuni to the south, and various Pueblo tribes to the east, Gallup is an important regional center for Indian arts and crafts, as well as an area headquarters for the Bureau of Indian Affairs. The protagonist, Tayo, goes to Gallup to ask a medicine man named Betonie for a special ceremony. Betonie cures with elements from contemporary culture, such as old magazines and telephone books, as well as with native ceremonies. He...
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