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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783350903321

Autore

Jenkins Philip <1952->

Titolo

Dream catchers [[electronic resource] ] : how mainstream America discovered native spirituality / / Philip Jenkins

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2004

ISBN

0-19-773889-3

0-19-029337-3

1-280-56434-2

0-19-534765-X

0-19-518439-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (321 p.)

Disciplina

299.7/93

Soggetti

Indians - Religion - Influence

America Religion

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 (p. 257-298) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Terminology; Acknowledgments; 1 Haunting America; 2 Heathen Darkness; 3 Discovering Native Religion, 1860-1920; 4 Pilgrims from the Vacuum, 1890-1920; 5 Crisis in Red Atlantis, 1914-1925; 6 Brave New Worlds, 1925-1950; 7 Before the New Age, 1920-1960; 8 Vision Quests, 1960-1980; 9 The Medicine Show; 10 Thinking Tribal Thoughts; 11 Returning the Land; Conclusion: Real Religion?; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In this account of the changing attitudes towards Native American spirituality, Philip Jenkins charts the history of white American attitudes toward Native religions from colonial times to the present.