Bibliograph

Spirits of blood, spirits of breath, the twinned cosmos of indigenous america, Barbara Alice Mann

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Label

Spirits of blood, spirits of breath, the twinned cosmos of indigenous america, Barbara Alice Mann

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Spirits of blood, spirits of breath

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionariesbibliography

Oclc number

931873642

Responsibility statement

Barbara Alice Mann

Series statement

Oxford scholarship online.

Sub title

the twinned cosmos of indigenous america

Summary

Looking to undo centuries' worth of Western misrepresentations, both willful and inadvertent, 'Spirits of Blood, Spirits of Breath' reinstates the Twinned Cosmos of Native North America by exploring the indigenous philosophy of blood and breath (or water and air). Looking first at the damage wrought by the governmental and missionary quest to dismantle not only Indian spiritualities, but even the memory of them, the text moves to examine the Sacred Twinship through its primary tropes--, Provided by Publisher

Target audience

specialized

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