Dennis Kelley (USA University of Missouri)

Tradition, Performance, and Religion in Native America

Ancestral Ways, Modern Selves

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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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 132
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. März 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 485g
• ISBN-13: 9780415823623
• ISBN-10: 0415823625
• Artikelnr.: 40029482

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

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.