Mother Earth - An American Story

Attributed to Tecumseh in the early 1800s, this statement is frequently cited to uphold the view, long and widely proclaimed in scholarly and popular literature, that Mother Earth is an ancient and central Native American Figure. In this radical and comprehensive rethinking, Sam D. Gill traces the evolution of female earth imagery in North America from the sixteenth century to the present and reveals how the evolution of the current Mother Earth figure was influenced by prevailing European-American imagery of Americaand the Indians as well as by the rapidly changing Indian identity.

Product details

• Authors: Sam D. Gill
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.09.1991
• EAN: 9780226293721
• ISBN: 978-0-226-29372-1
• No. of pages: 206
• Dimensions: 15 mm x 23 mm x 1 mm
• Weight: 284 g
• Series: American Story (Paperback)
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Esoterics: general, reference works; RELIGION / Philosophy, Nature & existence of God, Tribal religions, Indigenous, ethnic and folk religions and spiritual beliefs, Nature and existence of God and of the Divine, RELIGION / Folk & Tribal