Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xxi, 382 pages)
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illustrations, portraits
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
0231518250
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9780231145039
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9780231145022
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9780231518253
Series Statement:
Religion and American Culture
Content:
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
Content:
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
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-364) and index
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English
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe McNally, Michael D Honoring Elders : Aging, Authority, and Ojibwe Religion New York : Columbia University Press, ©2009 ISBN 9780231145039
Language:
English
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