{"product_id":"the-island-of-the-anishnaabeg-thunderers-and-water-monsters-in-the-traditional-ojibwe-life-world","title":"The Island of the Anishnaabeg: Thunderers and Water Monsters in the Traditional Ojibwe Life-World","description":"\u003ch2 data-section-id=\"1rbedo7\" dir=\"auto\" data-start=\"128\" data-end=\"149\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003e📦 Product Details\u003cspan class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul data-start=\"151\" data-end=\"555\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"13gmfo7\" data-start=\"151\" data-end=\"266\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-start=\"269\" data-end=\"280\"\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Theresa S. Smith\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"ri4r9x\" data-start=\"298\" data-end=\"343\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-start=\"300\" data-end=\"314\"\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e University of Nebraska Press\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"osbrv0\" data-start=\"344\" data-end=\"380\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-start=\"346\" data-end=\"367\"\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 1, 2012\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"b6jha3\" data-start=\"381\" data-end=\"407\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-start=\"383\" data-end=\"395\"\u003eEdition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Illustrated\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"v3fv5e\" data-start=\"408\" data-end=\"431\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-start=\"410\" data-end=\"423\"\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e English\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"1llx9wo\" data-start=\"432\" data-end=\"461\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-start=\"434\" data-end=\"451\"\u003ePrint Length:\u003c\/strong\u003e 236 pages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"11wh5ai\" data-start=\"462\" data-end=\"500\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-start=\"464\" data-end=\"476\"\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0803238320 \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"1vfxp8a\" data-start=\"501\" data-end=\"530\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-start=\"503\" data-end=\"515\"\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/strong\u003e 978-0803238329\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"o2ljpt\" data-start=\"531\" data-end=\"555\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-start=\"533\" data-end=\"549\"\u003eItem Weight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 450 g\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-section-id=\"1tg4d5f\" dir=\"auto\" data-start=\"557\" data-end=\"577\"\u003e📖 About the Book\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\" data-start=\"579\" data-end=\"955\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"579\" data-end=\"612\"\u003eThe Island of the Anishnaabeg\u003c\/strong\u003e explores the traditional \u003cstrong data-start=\"638\" data-end=\"658\"\u003eOjibwe worldview\u003c\/strong\u003e, focusing on the important relationship between people, the natural world, and spiritual beings. Theresa S. Smith examines traditional Ojibwe understandings of \u003cstrong data-start=\"819\" data-end=\"852\"\u003eThunderers and Water Monsters\u003c\/strong\u003e, powerful beings that occupy an important place within Anishnaabeg religious thought and storytelling.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\" data-start=\"957\" data-end=\"1351\"\u003eThe book looks at how these beings and their stories reflect broader ideas about \u003cstrong data-start=\"1038\" data-end=\"1155\"\u003enature, spirituality, sacred places, community, and the relationship between humans and the more-than-human world\u003c\/strong\u003e. Through the traditional Ojibwe life-world, the book offers insight into an Indigenous religious and cultural perspective in which the natural environment is deeply connected with spiritual life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\" data-start=\"1353\" data-end=\"1520\"\u003eIt is an engaging resource for readers interested in \u003cstrong data-start=\"1406\" data-end=\"1519\"\u003eNative American religions, Indigenous studies, Ojibwe culture, mythology, anthropology, and religious studies\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\" data-start=\"1353\" data-end=\"1520\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn this study, Theresa S. Smith explores the lived experience of the contemporary Ojibwes (or Anishnaabeg) amid the remarkable revival of both belief in and practice of the Ojibwe religion. Scholars have contended that traditional Ojibwe religion was gradually lost during the three centuries following Euro-American contact. And yet even though traditional religion no longer exists as a plausibility structure for a hunting-gathering culture, historic and contemporary accounts and a revival in the arts attest to the changing and vital nature of Ojibwe religion. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Island of the Anishnaabeg\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a nuanced look at traditional Ojibwe religion and its structure, interpretation, and revival among contemporary Ojibwes.\u003cbr\u003eThe Ojibwe life-world, as experienced and described through religious symbols, beliefs, and practices, is alive with the presence of other-than-human people, known as manitouk. This book is the first thorough and systematic interpretive treatment of the relationship between Thunderers and Underwater manitouk. Smith\u0026amp;;s work reveals the Thunderers and Water monsters as determinative beings and symbols in the Ojibwe world and explores how their relationship inscribes a dialectic that both reflects the lived reality of that world and helps to determine the position and existence of the human subject in it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-section-id=\"o5uoui\" dir=\"auto\" data-start=\"1522\" data-end=\"1547\"\u003e👩🏫 About the Author\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\" data-start=\"1549\" data-end=\"1809\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1549\" data-end=\"1569\"\u003eTheresa S. Smith\u003c\/strong\u003e is a scholar whose work focuses on \u003cstrong data-start=\"1605\" data-end=\"1698\"\u003eNative American religion, Indigenous traditions, and Ojibwe\/Anishnaabeg religious thought\u003c\/strong\u003e. Her research examines Indigenous understandings of spirituality, sacred relationships, and the natural world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003eReview\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\"[Smith] provides valuable primary sources in contemporary religious thought and interestingly synthesizes much past material in the light of the present. Appropriate for cross-cultural theology and philosophy courses as well as Native American studies, mythology, religious revitalization, and hermeneutics.\"--R. A. Bucko, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eChoice\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A thoroughly fascinating and carefully argued investigation of the Ojibwe religious cosmology exploring two critical mythic beings. . . . Extremely accessible.\"--\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eReligious Studies Review\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The Island of the Anishnaabeg is excellent scholarship, empathetic interpretation, and engaging. [Smith's] book is enhanced by a clear prose augmented by well selected pictures of artwork by Manitoulin Ojibwe which illustrate many points.\"--\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eNorth Dakota Quarterly\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52855378542890,"sku":"VASY-B099NTLPMW","price":42.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0693\/1218\/4618\/files\/91lsjXvaZiL._SL1500.jpg?v=1791263778","url":"https:\/\/crazyshelf.com\/products\/the-island-of-the-anishnaabeg-thunderers-and-water-monsters-in-the-traditional-ojibwe-life-world","provider":"Crazyshelf.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}