Umfang:
1 Online-Ressource (xxi, 382 pages)
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illustrations, portraits
Ausgabe:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
0231518250
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9780231145039
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9780231145022
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9780231518253
Serie:
Religion and American Culture
Inhalt:
Like many Native Americans, Ojibwe people esteem the wisdom, authority, and religious significance of old age, but this respect does not come easily or naturally. It is the fruit of hard work, rooted in narrative traditions, moral vision, and ritualized practices of decorum that are comparable in sophistication to those of Confucianism. Even as the dispossession and policies of assimilation have threatened Ojibwe peoplehood and have targeted the traditions and the elders who embody it, Ojibwe and other Anishinaabe communities have been resolute and resourceful in their disciplined resp
Inhalt:
Aging and the life cycle imagined in Ojibwe tradition and lived in history -- Eldership, respect, and the sacred community -- Elders as grandparents and teachers -- Elders articulating tradition -- The sacralization of eldership -- The shape of wisdom
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-364) and index
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English
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe McNally, Michael D Honoring Elders : Aging, Authority, and Ojibwe Religion New York : Columbia University Press, ©2009 ISBN 9780231145039
Sprache:
Englisch
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