Pablo Tac, Indigenous Scholar - Writing on Luiseno Language and Colonial History, c. 1840

1. Auflage, Including the complete manuscript of Pablo Tac 2011
ISBN: 978-0-520-26189-1
Verlag: University of California Press

Buch, Englisch, 288 Seiten, Cloth Over Boards, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 232 mm, Gewicht: 594 g

This volume makes available a remarkable body of writings, the only indigenous account of early nineteenth-century California. Written by Pablo Tac, this work on Luiseño language and culture offers a new approach to understanding California’s colonial history. Born and raised at Mission San Luis Rey, near San Diego, Pablo Tac became an international scholar. He traveled to Rome, where he studied Latin and other subjects, and produced these historical writings for the Vatican Librarian Cardinal Giuseppe Mezzofanti. In this multifaceted volume, Pablo Tac’s study is published in the original languages and in English translation. Lisbeth Haas introduces Pablo Tac’s life and the significance of the record he left. She situates his writing among that of other indigenous scholars, and elaborates on its poetic quality. Luiseño artist James Luna considers Tac’s contemporary significance in a series of artworks that bring Pablo Tac into provocative juxtaposition with the present day.

Transcribed by Marta Eguía, Cecilia Palmeiro, Laura León Llerena, Jussara Quadros, and Heidi Morse, with facing-page translation by Jaime Cortez, Guillermo Delgado, Gildas Hamel, Karl Kottman, Heidi Morse, and Rose Vekony

Autoren/Hrsg.

Tac, Pablo

Haas, Lisbeth

Weitere Mitwirkende

Luna, James

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Historische & Regionale Volkskunde
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kolonialgeschichte, Geschichte des Imperialismus
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte Regionalgeschichte der USA: Einzelne Staaten, Städte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations
Foreword, by Melvin J. Vernon (Tribal Chair, San Luis Rey Band of Mission Indians)
Preface
Acknowledgments
Part One: Introduction
The Life and Writing of Luiseño Scholar Pablo Tac, 1820–1841
Lisbeth Haas
Fasten Your Seat Belts, Prepare for Landing: The Travels of Payomkowishum Art Warriors
James Luna
Part Two: The Manuscript
Pablo Tac’s Luiseño Grammar and History
Pablo Tac’s Luiseño-Spanish Dictionary
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Lisbeth Haas is Professor of History and Chair of Feminist Studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz. She is the author of Conquests and Historical Identities in California, 1769–1936 (UC Press).
James Luna is an internationally known American Indian contemporary artist of Payomkowishum descent. He is a member of the La Jolla Band of Luiseño Indians.