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
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Bigmouth Adam
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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
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| 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 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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New visions in Native American and indigenous studies.