Seth Schermerhorn

Walking to Magdalena (eBook, PDF)

Personhood and Place in Tohono O'odham Songs, Sticks, and Stories

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

In Walking to Magdalena, Seth Schermerhorn explores a question that is central to the interface of religious studies and Native American and Indigenous studies: What have Native peoples made of Christianity? By focusing on the annual pilgrimage of the Tohono O'odham to Magdalena in Sonora, Mexico, Schermerhorn examines how these Indigenous people of southern Arizona have made Christianity their own. This walk serves as the entry point for larger questions about what the Tohono O'odham have made of Christianity. With scholarly rigor and passionate empathy, Schermerhorn offers a deep understanding of Tohono O'odham Christian traditions as practiced in everyday life and in the words of the O'odham themselves. The author's rich ethnographic description and analyses are also drawn from his experiences accompanying a group of O'odham walkers on their pilgrimage to Saint Francis in Magdalena. For many years scholars have agreed that the journey to Magdalena is the largest and most significant event in the annual cycle of Tohono O'odham Christianity. Never before, however, has it been the subject of sustained scholarly inquiry.Walking to Magdalena offers insight into religious life and expressive culture, relying on extensive field study, videotaped and transcribed oral histories of the O'odham, and archival research. The book illuminates Indigenous theories of personhood and place in the everyday life, narratives, songs, and material culture of the Tohono O'odham.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Nebraska
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781496213914
• Artikelnr.: 72427644

Autorenporträt

Seth Schermerhorn is an associate professor of religious studies at Hamilton College.  

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations
Tohono O’odham Pronunciation Guide
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Personhood and Place
2. O’odham Songscapes
3. Walkers and Their Staffs
4. Walking to Magdalena
5. Writing O’odham History
Conclusion
Appendix 1: O’odham Religious History and the Magdalena Pilgrimage
Appendix 2: O’odham Speech Genres
Notes
Bibliography
Index