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Land and spirit in native America / Joy Porter.
Penn Museum Library E98.R3 P66 2012
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Porter, Joy, 1967-
- Series:
- Native America
- Native America: yesterday and today
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Indians of North America--Religion.
- Indians of North America.
- Indian philosophy--North America.
- Indian philosophy.
- Traditional ecological knowledge.
- North America.
- Ethnoecology--North America.
- Ethnoecology.
- Traditional ecological knowledge--North America.
- Physical Description:
- xxiv, 203 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Santa Barbara, Calif. : Praeger, [2012]
- Summary:
- Indian approaches to land and spirituality are neither simple nor monolithic, making them hard to grasp for outsiders. A fuller, more accurate understanding of these concepts enables comprehension of the unique ways land and spirit have interlinked Native American communities across centuries of civilization, and reveals insights about our current pressing environmental concerns and American history. In Land and Spirit in Native America, author Joy Porter argues that American colonization has been a determining factor in how we perceive Indian spirituality and Indian relationships to nature. Having an appreciation for these traditional values regarding ritual, memory, time, kinship, and the essential reciprocity between all things allows us to rethink aspects of history and culture. This understanding also makes Indian film, philosophy, literature, and art accessible.
- Contents:
- 1 Approaches to Spirituality, Tradition, Land, Wilderness, Nature, Landscape, and Place 1
- 2 On Middle Way Thinking, Gardening, Parks, and Aspects of Indian Thinking about Land 21
- 3 Spiritual Approaches to Life in America 39
- 4 Literature, Land, and Spirit 55
- 5 Art, Land, and Spirit 69
- 6 Environmental Justice, Place, and Indian "Sacrifice" 91
- 7 Vanishing, Reappearing, and Disappearing Indians on American Soil 117
- 8 Future Directions Into and Out of the Wild 131.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780313356063
- 0313356068
- 9780313356070
- 0313356076
- OCLC:
- 756577030
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