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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781057803321

Titolo

Indigenous symbols and practices in the Catholic Church [[electronic resource] ] : visual culture, missionization, and appropriation / / edited by Kathleen J. Martin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Farnham, Surrey, England ; ; Burlington, VT, : Ashgate Pub. Ltd., 2010

ISBN

1-315-58838-2

1-317-11719-0

1-317-11718-2

1-282-45428-5

9786612454288

0-7546-9779-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (300 p.)

Collana

Vitality of indigenous religions series

Altri autori (Persone)

MartinKathleen J

Disciplina

282

282.089

Soggetti

Christianity and culture

Indigenous peoples - Religion

Christian art and symbolism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Notes on Contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Note on Cover Photo; Notes on Terminology; Introduction; 1 Resistance and Change: Visual Culture, Missionization and Appropriation; 2 Spiritual Freedom, Pious Appropriation; 3 Denying Religion: Native Americans and French Missionaries in Early New France; 4 Past and Present Transformation of Hawaiian Religious Participation; 5 Ghosts of Photography: The 1890 Ghost Dance and Afterimages of the Sacred; 6 Negotiating the Evidence: Christianity and the Ruins of Native America

7 "Jesus was not an Indian": Encountering Native Images in the Catholic Church8 Ke Kauhale O Limaloa: A KanakaMaoli Approach to Teaching through Image Making; 9 The Photographic Vision of Delvin Slick: Beauty and Power in Sacred Places; 10 California Imagery in Context: The Mono Basin Kutzadika'a Paiutes; 11 "Dancing the Comanches": The



Santo Niño, La Virgen (of Guadalupe), and the Genizaro Indians of New Mexico; 12 Trickster's Art and Artifice: Concluding Thoughts; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Indigenous Symbols and Practices in the Catholic Church presents views, concepts and perspectives on the relationship among Indigenous Peoples and the Catholic Church, as well as stories, images and art as metaphors for survival in a contemporary world. Few studies present such a multidisciplinary interpretation of appropriation, spiritual and religious tradition, educational issues in the teaching of art and art history, the effects of government sanctions on traditional practice, or the artistic interpretation of symbols from Indigenous perspectives. Through photographs and visual studies, i