Ojibwe stories from the Upper Berens River : A. Irving Hallowell and Adam Bigmouth in conversation / / edited and with an introduction by Jennifer S. H. Brown

• Pubblicazione: Lincoln, [Nebraska] : , : University of Nebraska Press : , : co-published with the American Philosophical Society, , 2018; ©2018
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource
• Disciplina: 977.00497333
• Soggetto topico: Ojibwa Indians; Ojibwa Indians - History; Ojibwa Indians - Manitoba - Berens River Valley; Ojibwa mythology
• Soggetto geografico: Berens River (First Nation) History
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Persona (resp. second.): BrownJennifer S. H. <1940->
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Map of the world of Adam Bigmouth -- Prologue: Little Grand Rapids, 1932: Adam declines to conjure -- Boyhood memories -- Working for the Hudson's Bay Company -- Dream experiences -- Curing, helping, love medicine, and an old man's jealousy -- Northern Barred Owl, man of many powers -- Gender, power, and the problematics of incest -- The challenges and risks of being female -- Bad medicine and old men's threats -- Starvation threatened and real -- Encounters and contests with windigos -- Human beings made into windigos -- The curing of windigos -- The costs of mockery and cruelty -- Magical medicines and powers -- Afterword: cousins and connections, power and succession, seeking life.
• Altri titoli varianti: A. Irving Hallowell and Adam Bigmouth in conversation
• Titolo autorizzato: Ojibwe stories from the Upper Berens River
• ISBN: 1-4962-0448-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910467346003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: New visions in Native American and indigenous studies.