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Clothed-in-Fur and Other Tales

An Introduction to an Ojibwa World View

Thomas W Overholt author Baird J Callicott author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:University Press of America

Published:30th Mar '82

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A selection of twenty-two narratives reprinted from William Jones' Ojibwa Texts.

A pleasant collection of out-of-print Ojibwa tales bracketed by readable and helpful interdisciplinary essays. Overholt and Callicott have put together a very readable work that should be added to any library collection that includes titles in comparative literature, Native American studies, anthropology, and philosophy. * CHOICE *
...the authors' discussion of the problems of regionalism and the aboriginality of texts is insightful...The authors achieve their goal of interesting the reader in another culture's unique perception of the surrounding world. * American Indian Culture and Research Journal *
...the authors' discussion of the problems of regionalism and the aboriginality of texts is insightful...The authors achieve their goal of interesting the reader in another culture's unique perception of the surrounding world. * American Indian Culture and Research Journal *
A pleasant collection of out-of-print Ojibwa tales bracketed by readable and helpful interdisciplinary essays. Overholt and Callicott have put together a very readable work that should be added to any library collection that includes titles in comparative literature, Native American studies, anthropology, and philosophy. * CHOICE *

ISBN: 9780819123640

Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 25mm

Weight: 454g

198 pages