Michael D McNally

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Honoring Elders: Aging, Authority, and Ojibwe ReligionPaperback, 6 August 2009

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Part of Series
Religion and American Culture
Part of Series
Religion and American Culture (Columbia Paperback)
Print Length
408 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Date Published
6 Aug 2009
ISBN-10
0231145039
ISBN-13
9780231145039

Description

Like many Native Americans, Ojibwe people esteem the wisdom, authority, and religious significance of old age, but this respect does not come easily or naturally. It is the fruit of hard work, rooted in narrative traditions, moral vision, and ritualized practices of decorum that are comparable in sophistication to those of Confucianism. Even as the dispossession and policies of assimilation have threatened Ojibwe peoplehood and have targeted the traditions and the elders who embody it, Ojibwe and other Anishinaabe communities have been resolute and resourceful in their disciplined respect for elders. Indeed, the challenges of colonization have served to accentuate eldership in new ways.

Using archival and ethnographic research, Michael D. McNally follows the making of Ojibwe eldership, showing that deference to older women and men is part of a fuller moral, aesthetic, and cosmological vision connected to the ongoing circle of life--a tradition of authority that has been crucial to surviving colonization. McNally argues that the tradition of authority and the authority of tradition frame a decidedly indigenous dialectic, eluding analytic frameworks of invented tradition and naïve continuity. Demonstrating the rich possibilities of treating age as a category of analysis, McNally provocatively asserts that the elder belongs alongside the priest, prophet, sage, and other key figures in the study of religion.

Product Details

Author:
Michael D McNally
Book Format:
Paperback
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
6 August 2009
Dimensions:
22.45 x 16 x 1.88 cm
ISBN-10:
0231145039
ISBN-13:
9780231145039
Language:
English
Location:
New York
Pages:
408
Weight:
535.24 gm

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