{"title":"Theodora Kroeber","description":"\u003cp\u003eTheodora Kroeber’s works invite readers into profound and heartfelt explorations of lives shaped by history and culture. With a delicate balance of narrative depth and clarity, her biographies and memoirs illuminate personal stories that resonate across time and place.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIshi in Two Worlds\u003c\/em\u003e, among her celebrated titles, exemplifies her respectful and thoughtful approach to storytelling, offering insight into complex identities and experiences. Readers seeking compelling, empathetic life stories will find her writing exceptionally moving.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"ishi-in-two-worlds-50th-anniversary-edition-by-theodora-kroeber-9780520271470","title":"Ishi in Two Worlds, 50th Anniversary Edition","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn essential biography and historical document, Ishi's deeply moving life story is critical to understanding the legacies of white violence and Indigenous survival on the land we call California.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e First published in 1961, \u003ci\u003eIshi in Two Worlds\u003c\/i\u003e tells the life story of the last known surviving member of the Yahi people, an indigenous community decimated by invasion and genocide at the hands of white settlers during the California Gold Rush. The man, whose real name we will never know, lived for decades in the Mount Lassen foothills of the Sierra Nevada before being captured by Americans near Oroville in 1911. Anthropologists at the University of California named him Ishi, the Yana word for man, and brought him to San Francisco where he spent the rest of his life detained at the University’s Museum of Anthropology under the custody of Alfred Louis Kroeber.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Theodora Kroeber’s \u003ci\u003eIshi in Two Worlds \u003c\/i\u003eoffers an intimate glimpse into the remarkable life of a resilient man facing harrowing, unforgivable circumstances. Drawing from her husband’s records, linguistic notes, and archival and oral histories, Kroeber presents a contested history of North American indigenous people and the atrocities of violence, abuse, and disease wrought by white men. Reckoning with the indefensible history of racism and dehumanization that led to Ishi’s alienation and detention, this canonical book is critical to the history of anthropology and to the ongoing work of accountability in the field. It remains an essential historical document, and an enduring record of Ishi’s incredible life.","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47932294594796,"sku":"9780520271470","price":45.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780520271470-ishi-in-two-worlds-50th-anniversary-edition.jpg?v=1783858129"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/theodora-kroeber.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}