Sökning: "American Indians"
Hittade 5 avhandlingar innehållade orden American Indians.
1. Conceptions of the soul among North American Indians : a study in religious ethnology
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2. To be or not to be American : Statehood and Peoplehood in Native American Self-identification during the Self-determination era
Sammanfattning : As colonized peoples Native Americans have had a complicated relationship to the United States. They have faced the question of whether they should demand tribal independence or embrace American citizenship. LÄS MER
3. I Skinnstrumpas spår : Svenska barn- och ungdomsböcker om indianer 1860-2008
Sammanfattning : The aim of this study is to demonstrate how the publication of books in Swedish about Native Americans for children and young people developed and changed between 1890 and 2008. Translations into Swedish of such books from 1860 onwards are commented on. The terms "Native American", "Indian" and "Indigenous" are discussed. LÄS MER
4. Den mystiske indianen : Schamanism i skärningspunkten mellan populärkultur, forskning och nyandlighet
Sammanfattning : Neo-shamanism, or just shamanism, have entered religious life in the West mostly as a result of the inspiration of Michael Harner and Carlos Castaneda. Placing neo-shamanism in a historical context, shows its intimate connection with popular culture and the distinct association with academic research on shamanism. LÄS MER
5. La piratería textual : un estudio hipertextual de Son vacas, somos puercos y El médico de los piratas de Carmen Boullosa
Sammanfattning : The aim of this study is to examine the rewriting of the memoirs of the former pirate Alexander Olivier Exquemelin, Los Piratas de América, originally published in Amsterdam in 1678, which the Mexican writer Carmen Boullosa carries out in two recent novels: Son vacas, somos puercos and El médico de los piratas. In the light of Gérard Genette’s theory of hypertextuality this study deals with the formal as well as the thematic aspects of this rewriting. LÄS MER