Dancing with a ghost : exploring Aboriginal reality
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- ISBN: 0143054260 :
- ISBN: 9780143054269
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Physical Description:
xxvii, 220 pages : map ; 21 cm
print - Publisher: Toronto : Penguin Canada, 2006.
- Copyright: ©2006
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Part One : Excavating traditional reality -- Chapter 1. Seeing through the rules -- Chapter 2. Signals of difference -- Chapter 3. Rules of traditional times -- A. The ethic of non-interference -- B. The ethic that anger not be shown -- C. The ethic respecting praise and gratitude -- D. The conservation-withdrawal tactic -- E. The notion that the time must be right -- Chapter 4. Looking for a synthesis -- Chapter 5. Natural science versus spiritual belief -- Chapter 6. "Being Indian is a state of mind" -- Chapter 7. Poor, nasty, brutish and short? -- Part Two: Understanding the present -- Chapter 8. The changed physical context -- Chapter 9. The sudden losses -- A. Individual freedom of choice -- B. An internal esteem system -- C. The Indian family -- D. Certainty in a Native continuum -- E. The threat of starvation -- F. Integrated existence -- G. Traditional mechanisms for coping -- H. The family-centred in-group -- Chapter 10. The Doctrine of original sanctity -- Conclusion. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Holdable? | Status | Due Date | Courses |
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VIU Library - Cowichan Campus | KE 7722 C75 R68 2006 (Text) | M011220341 | STACKS | Volume hold | Available | - |