| Ojibwe Singers: Hymns, Grief, and a Native Culture in Motion Contributor(s): McNally, Michael D. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0195134648 ISBN-13: 9780195134643 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $178.20 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2000 Annotation: The Ojibwe or Anishinaabe are a native American people of the northern Great Lakes region. 19th-century missionaries promoted the singing of evangelical hymns translated into the Ojibwe language as a tool for rooting out their "indianness," but the Ojibwe have ritualized the singing to make the hymns their own. In this book, McNally relates the history and current practice of Ojibwe hymn singing to explore the broader cultural processes that place ritual resources at the center of so many native struggles to negotiate the confines of colonialism. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Native American - History | United States - State & Local - Midwest(ia,il,in,ks,mi,mn,mo,nd,ne,oh,sd,wi - Music | Ethnomusicology |
| Dewey: 264.230 |
| LCCN: 99039993 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.38" W x 9.38" (1.17 lbs) 264 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Native American - Cultural Region - Midwest - Cultural Region - Upper Midwest - Geographic Orientation - Minnesota |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Ojibwe or Anishinaabe are a native American people of the northern Great Lakes region. 19th-century missionaries promoted the singing of evangelical hymns translated into the Ojibwe language as a tool for rooting out their indianness, but the Ojibwe have ritualized the singing to make the hymns their own. In this book, McNally relates the history and current practice of Ojibwe hymn singing to explore the broader cultural processes that place ritual resources at the center of so many native struggles to negotiate the confines of colonialism. |