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Autore: | Bigmouth Adam |
Titolo: | 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 |
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: | 1-4962-0446-8 |
1-4962-0448-4 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910827824803321 |
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