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Honoring Elders: Aging, Authority, and Ojibwe Religion [Paperback]

Michael David McNally (Author)

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Publication Date: July 1 2009 | Series: Religion and American Culture (Columbia Paperback)

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 naive 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.

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Product Details

Paperback: 382 pages
Publisher: Columbia University Press (July 1 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0231145039
ISBN-13: 978-0231145039
Product Dimensions: 16 x 1.9 x 22.5 cm
Shipping Weight: 540 g
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #46,654 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #21 in Books > Religion & Spirituality > Earth-Based Religions > Native American
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This work presents thoughtful philosophical reflections on the very idea of tradition...the author offers refreshing insights... highly recommended. Choice May 2010 A terrifically thought-provoking study of what honoring elders means. -- Heid E. Erdrich The Circle 1/1/10 An excellent resource for scholars studying aging, eldership, or the Anishinaabe people. -- Shelly E. V. Nixon Religious Studies Review Vol 36, No 2 This is an extraordinarily fascinating book; an insightful and scholarly exploration of Native American attitudes toward aging and eldership. -- James Woodward Reviews in Religion & Theology Vol 18, No 1 Honoring Elders will prove an important foundational springboard for future studies on eldership to come. -- Cary Miller American Indian Quarterly Vol 35, No 3

About the Author

Michael D. McNally is associate professor of religion at Carleton College. He is the author of Ojibwe Singers: Hymns, Grief, and a Native Culture in Motion and Art of Tradition: Sacred Music, Dance, and Myth of Michigan's Anishinaabe 1946-1955.

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This is an excellent book on the history of Nishnaab eldership discussed impact of zhaaganash contact and how the whole community was effected. Well done. Helped me understand the impact of the IRA on tribal vs urban nishnaab communities.

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