Mi'kmaq landscapes [[electronic resource] ] : from animism to sacred ecology / / Anne-Christine Hornborg

• Autore: Hornborg Anne-Christine
• Pubblicazione: Aldershot, Hants, England ; ; Burlington, Vt., : Ashgate, c2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (215 p.)
• Disciplina: 971.5
• Soggetto topico: Mi'kmaq peoples - Government relations; Mi'kmaq peoples - Religion; Mi'kmaq peoples - History; Indigenous peoples - Ecology - Maritime Provinces
• Soggetto geografico: Maritime Provinces Environmental conditions; Maritime Provinces History
• 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, Tables and Maps; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 On the Phenomenological Foundation of Indian Romanticism; 3 'Till They Saw Him No More' (1850-1930); 4 Interlude (1930-1970); 5 The Return of Kluskap (1970-2000); Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This book seeks to explore historical changes in the lifeworld of the Mi'kmaq Indians of Eastern Canada. The Mi'kmaq culture hero Kluskap serves as a key persona in discussing issues such as traditions, changing conceptions of land, and human-environmental relations. This study discusses the eco-cosmology that has been formulated by modern reserve inhabitants and that could be labeled a 'sacred ecology'.
• Titolo autorizzato: Mi'kmaq landscapes
• ISBN: 1-315-59537-0; 1-317-09622-3; 1-317-09621-5; 1-281-54518-X; 9786611545185; 0-7546-9305-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910782486303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Vitality of indigenous religions.