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Honoring elders : aging, authority, and Ojibwe religion /
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 so...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Columbia University Press,
[2009]
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| Colección: | Religion and American culture (New York, N.Y.)
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxi, 382 pages) : illustrations, portraits |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-364) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780231518253 0231518250 1281728292 9781281728296 9786613789075 6613789070 0231145020 9780231145022 0231145039 9780231145039 |