Background
Farrer, Claire Anne Rafferty was born on December 26, 1936 in New York City. Daughter of Francis Michael and Clara Anna (Guerra) Rafferty.
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Thunder's focus on the ways in which old myths and legends inform actions and beliefs on a contemporary Indian reservation in the American Southwest has established it as an ideal supplement for introductory classes in Native American studies, anthropology, cross-cultural religion, folklore, and discourse analysis. After nearly two-dozen printings in two editions and the garnering of hundreds of undergraduate classroom adoptions, the latest edition of Thunder includes valuable updates of reservation life and the author s fictive family members at Mescalero. The compelling four-day and four-night Mescalero Apache girls puberty ceremonial remains the backdrop of Farrer s interpretive, introductory discussion of time and the mythic present. The oral traditions and instructions given to Farrer by the late Bernard Second, her longtime Apache teacher, provide insight into the importance of narrative not just in ceremonials but also in daily life. Farrer neither romanticizes nor patronizes the Apachean people, who are presented as people with foibles as well as possessing much worthy of admiration. The Third Edition incorporates a fully developed concluding chapter Returning and furnishes thoughtful, end-of-chapter questions to prompt readers to explore their own reactions to the text. Title of related interest from Waveland Press: Basso, The Cibecue Apache (ISBN 9780881332148). Visit waveland.com for a complete list of modern and classic ethnographies on Apache, Comanche, Crow, Navajo, Papago, Pueblo, Shoshone, Sioux, and other American Indian cultures.
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anthropologist educator folklorist
Farrer, Claire Anne Rafferty was born on December 26, 1936 in New York City. Daughter of Francis Michael and Clara Anna (Guerra) Rafferty.
Bachelor in Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, 1970; Master of Arts in Anthropology and Folklore, University Texas, 1974; Doctor of Philosophy in Anthropology and Folklore, University Texas, 1977.
Various positions, 1953-1973. Fellow Whitney M. Young Junior Memorial Foundation, New York City, 1974-1975. Arts specialist, grant administrator National Endowment for Arts, Washington, 1976-1977.
Weatherhead resident fellow School American Research, Santa Fe, 1977-1978. Assistant professor anthropology University Illinois, Urbana, 1978-1985. Associate professor, coordinator applied anthropology California State University, Chico, 1985-1989, professor, 1989—2001, professor emerita, since 2002, director Multicultural and Gender Studies, 1994.
Consultant in field, since 1974. Member film and video advisory panel Illinois Arts Council, 1980-1982. Member Illinois Humanities Council, 1980-1982.
Visiting professor University Ghent, Belgium, 1990. Visiting professor Southwestern studies Colorado College, Colorado Springs, 2002-2006, Hulbert chair in Southwestern studies, 1997. Business manager California Folklore Society, 1994-1999.
National Endowment of the Humanities and Harry J. Gray distinguished visiting professor in humanities University Hartford, Connecticut, 2002-2003.
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Fellow American Anthropological Association, Royal Anthropological Institute (United Kingdom), American AstronomyAssn. (history division); member Authors Guild, American Ethnological Society, American Folklore Society, American Society Ethnohistory.
1 child, Suzanne Claire.