Ojibwe Singers - Hymns, Grief, and a Native Culture in Motion

Zusatztext An impressive book ... cross-cultural, multidisciplinary, thoughtful, and heartfelt Klappentext The Ojibwe or Anishinaabe are a native American people of the northern Great Lakes region. 19th-century missionaries promoted the singing of evangelical hymns translated into the Ojibwe language as a tool for rooting out their "indianness!" but the Ojibwe have ritualized the singing to make the hymns their own. In this book! McNally relates the history and current practice of Ojibwe hymn singing to explore the broader cultural processes that place ritual resources at the center of so many native struggles to negotiate the confines of colonialism. Zusammenfassung Missionaries taught the Ojibwe to sing hymns translated into their language, both as a means of worship and to eradicate their "Indianness". This study examines how a native American people has drawn on the resources of ritual to negotiate identity and survival within the structures of colonialism.

Product details

• Authors: Michael Mcnally, Michael (Assistant Professor Mcnally, McNally Michael
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 05.10.2000
• EAN: 9780195134643
• ISBN: 978-0-19-513464-3
• No. of pages: 264
• Series: Religion in America; Religion in America
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; USA, RELIGION / General, 20th Century, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Religion & beliefs, Colonialism & imperialism, Indigenous Peoples, Regional Studies, United States of America, USA, Colonialism and imperialism, Regional / International studies, Religion and beliefs, Relating to Native American people, National liberation & independence, post-colonialism, Physical anthropology, National liberation and independence, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Native American Studies