Spirit wars : Native North American religions in the age of nation building / / Ronald Niezen ; with contributions by Manley Begay, Jr. ... [et al.]
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| Autore: |
Niezen Ronald
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| Titolo: |
Spirit wars : Native North American religions in the age of nation building / / Ronald Niezen ; with contributions by Manley Begay, Jr. ... [et al.]
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| Pubblicazione: | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2000 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (xviii, 256 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina: | 299/.7 |
| Soggetto topico: | Indians of North America - Canada - Religion |
| Indians of North America - Canada - Government relations | |
| Indians of North America - Cultural assimilation - Canada | |
| Evangelistic work - Canada | |
| Genocide - Canada | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Canada Race relations |
| Canada Politics and government | |
| Altri autori: |
BurgessKim
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| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-246) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Intro -- Figures -- Preface -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Conquest of Souls -- 3 Learning to Forget -- 4 Medical Evangelism -- 5 The Politics of Repression -- 6 The Collectors -- 7 Apostles of the New Age -- 8 Conclusions -- References Cited -- Index. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Spirit Wars is an exploration of the ways in which the destruction of spiritual practices and beliefs of native peoples in North America has led to conditions of collective suffering--a process sometimes referred to as cultural genocide. Ronald Niezen approaches this topic through wide-ranging case studies involving different colonial powers and state governments: the seventeenth-century Spanish occupation of the Southwest, the colonization of the Northeast by the French and British, nineteenth-century westward expansion and nationalism in the swelling United States and Canada, and twentieth-century struggles for native people's spiritual integrity and freedom. Each chapter deals with a specific dimension of the relationship between native peoples and non-native institutions, and together these topics yield a new understanding of the forces directed against the underpinnings of native cultures. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Spirit wars |
| ISBN: | 0-520-21986-4 |
| 0-520-92343-X | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910824700403321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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