All My Relatives - Exploring Lakota Ontology, Belief, and Ritual

Informationen zum Autor David C. Posthumus is an associate professor of anthropology and Native American studies at the University of South Dakota.     Klappentext David C. Posthumus is an assistant professor of anthropology and Native American studies at the University of South Dakota. Zusammenfassung Offers the first revisionist history of the Lakotas' religion and culture in a generation. David C. Posthumus applies key insights from what has been called the ""ontological turn"", particularly the dual notions of interiority/soul/spirit and physicality/body and an extended notion of personhood, as proposed by A. Irving Hallowell and Philippe Descola, which includes humans as well as nonhumans. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Hallowell, Descola, Ontology, and Phenomenology 2. Situated Animism and Lakota Relational Ontology 3. The Living Rock, Grandfather of All Things 4. Persons and Transformation 5. Spirits and Ghosts 6. Nonhuman Persons in Lakota Mythology 7. Nonhuman Persons in Lakota Dreams and Visions 8. Nonhuman Persons in Lakota Ritual 9. The Dynamics of Life Movement Glossary of Lakota Terms and Phrases Notes References Index

Product details

• Authors: David Posthumus, David C Posthumus, David C. Posthumus
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2018
• EAN: 9780803299948
• ISBN: 978-0-8032-9994-8
• No. of pages: 277
• Series: New Visions in Native American; New Visions in Native American and Indigenous Studies; New Visions in Native American; New Visions in Native American and Indigenous Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Cultural history; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Folklore; Sozial- und Kulturgeschichte