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Informationen zum Autor Daniel C. Swan is Curator of Ethnology at the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History and Professor of Anthropology at the University of Oklahoma. His research, exhibition and publication efforts focus on the expressive culture of Native North America and emphasize community collaboration and materialist orientations. He is author of Peyote Religious Art: Symbols of Faith and Belief and (with Garrick Bailey) Osage Art . Jim Cooley is Research Associate in the Department of Ethnology at the Sam Noble Museum of Natural History. He is the author of numerous articles on Native American material culture and traditional arts. Klappentext 1. This exploration of the role of gift exchange in Osage marriage ceremonies over the past 200 years is accessibly written and illustrated with 120 high quality color photographs of objects and important scans of archival imagery. 2. It includes a wealth of previously unpublished material from ethnographic, artifact, and archival source material. 3. It prioritizes Osage voices by including excerpts from the community's conversation with the authors throughout and using historical documents to bring in voices from the past. 4. This is an interdisciplary work that will be of interest to anthropologists, folklorists, museum studies specialists, Native American studies scholars, and members of the Osage nation. Zusammenfassung Authors, Daniel C. Swan and Jim Cooley collaborate with members of the Osage Nation to discuss how gift exchange, motivated by the values of generosity and hospitality, serves as a critical component in the preservation and perpetuation of Osage society. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword / Principal Chief Geoffrey Standing Bear, Osage Nation Acknowledgements A Note on Orthography Introduction 1. Mízhin Wedding Ceremonies 2. The Material Culture of Osage Weddings 3. The Osage Ilonshka 4. The Modern Ilonshka and Transfer of the Drum 5. Enduring Values in Osage Society Appendix: Gift Exchange and the Reproduction of Osage Society Glossary References Cited Index ...
