Walking to Magdalena - Personhood and Place in Tohono O''odham Songs, Sticks, and Stories

Informationen zum Autor Seth Schermerhorn is an associate professor of religious studies at Hamilton College.   Klappentext Seth Schermerhorn is an assistant professor of religious studies at Hamilton College. ¿ Zusammenfassung Explores a question that is central to the interface of religious studies and Native American studies: What have Native peoples made of Christianity? By focusing on the annual pilgrimage of the Tohono O'odham to Magdalena in Sonora, Mexico, Schermerhorn examines how these indigenous people of southern Arizona have made Christianity their own. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations Tohono O’odham Pronunciation Guide Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Personhood and Place 2. O’odham Songscapes 3. Walkers and Their Staffs 4. Walking to Magdalena 5. Writing O’odham History Conclusion Appendix 1: O’odham Religious History and the Magdalena Pilgrimage Appendix 2: O’odham Speech Genres Notes Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: Seth Schermerhorn
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2019
• EAN: 9781496206855
• ISBN: 978-1-4962-0685-5
• 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 > Religion/theology > Christianity; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Folklore