Dennis Kelley

Tradition, Performance, and Religion in Native America (eBook, PDF)

Ancestral Ways, Modern Selves

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

An examination of pan-tribal Native American religious experience, Kelley's book considers developments in urban settings as well as American Indian spirituality found on reservations.

---

Dieser Download kann aus rechtlichen Gründen nur mit Rechnungsadresse in A, B, BG, CY, CZ, D, DK, EW, E, FIN, F, GR, HR, H, IRL, I, LT, L, LR, M, NL, PL, P, R, S, SLO, SK ausgeliefert werden.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 132
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Mai 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135917050
• Artikelnr.: 42832552

Autorenporträt

Dennis Kelley was awarded his PhD from the University of California, Santa Barbara, in September of 2007. His work primarily interrogates concepts of religious identity, especially as it affects and is affected by ritual practice and sacred narratives. This work is explored through the lens of American Indian religious history, with an emphasis on contemporary Native communities. He lives in Columbia, Missouri, with his wife Kate and their two children, Bear and Nola.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents: Chapter One: Revitalization, Renewal, and Reprise: On
The Modern Expression of American Indian Spiritual Culture. Religion and
Spirituality as Functional Categories. Renewal, Revitalization, Reprise.
Understanding "Indigeneity". Chapter Two: Tradition, Modernity, and
Spirituality: The Intertribal Powwow, Traditional Arts, and Language
Revival as Arenas for Identity Negotiation. The Urban Landscape.
Pan-Indianism in Review. The Intertribal Powwow. Performing Identity and
"Being Indian". Chapter Three: Political Activism as Ceremony: Experiencing
the Sacred Through Protest. American Indians and Identity Politics in the
1960's and '70's. A Performance Theory Approach to Native Political
Actions. Chapter Four: Traditional Identity and Communal Health: Religion
and Well-Being in Indian Country. Indians and Alcohol. American Indian
Alcoholics Anonymous and the Red Road to Sobriety. Conclusion. Chapter
Five: Jesus as the "Ultimate Sun Dancer": On Being Native and Christian.
Christians and Missionaries: What IS "Conversion?" Indigenizing Jesus.
Practiced Values, The Value of Practice. Conclusion. Chapter Six: Into a
Possible Future: An Epilogue. Indians, Modernity, and Cultural Competence.
The World is a Canoe. References.