Ojibwe singers : hymns, grief, and a native culture in motion / Michael McNally.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McNally, Michael, author.

Series:

Religion in America series.

Oxford scholarship online.

Religion in America series

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ojibwa Indians--History.

Ojibwa Indians.

Ojibwa Indians--Religion.

Ojibwa Indians--Music.

Hymns--Social aspects--United States.

Hymns.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (265 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Ojibwe were taught Christian hymns during the 19th century to eradicate their Indianness. The author's investigations show how this resilient people used their own resources to survive within the structures of colonialist coercion.

Contents:

CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW; 1. SACRED MUSICS: Traditional Ojibwe Music and Protestant Hymnody; 2. OJIBWES, MISSIONARIES, AND HYMN SINGING, 1828-1867; 3. MUSIC AS NEGOTIATION: Uses of Hymn Singing, 1868-1934; 4. TWENTIETH-CENTURY HYMN SINGING AS CULTURAL CRITICISM; 5. MUSIC AS MEMORY: Contemporary Hymn Singing and the Politics of Death in Native America; CONCLUSION: DOES HYMN SINGING WORK? Notes on the Logic of Ritual Practice; NOTES; GLOSSARY; SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2000.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-028548-6

0-19-774029-4

1-280-47323-1

0-19-535067-7

1-4237-6056-5

1-60256-977-0

OCLC:

171573396