Trickster
A young trainee anthropologist leaves her violent Mafia-run hometown—Youngstown, Ohio—to study an "exotic" group, the Paiute Indians of Nevada. This is 1964; she''ll be "the expert," and they''ll be "the subjects." The Paiute elders have other ideas. They''ll be "the parents." They set themselves two tasks: to help her get a good grade on her project and to send her home quickly to her new bridegr...
A young trainee anthropologist leaves her violent Mafia-run hometown—Youngstown, Ohio—to study an "exotic" group, the Paiute Indians of Nevada. This is 1964; she''ll be "the expert," and they''ll be "the subjects." The Paiute elders have other ideas. They''ll be "the parents." They set themselves two tasks: to help her get a good grade on her project and to send her home quickly to her new bridegr...
