The appropriation of Native American spirituality
By: Suzanne Owen.
Publisher: Continuum
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 214
ISBN-13: 9781847063939
Subjects: Indians of North America -- Religion; Indians of North America -- Rites and ceremonies; Indian philosophy; New Age movement; Spiritual life -- New Age movement
Description: "Native Americans and Canadians are largely romanticised or sidelined figures in modern society. Their spirituality has been appropriated on a relatively large scale by Europeans and non-Native Americans, with little concern for the diversity of Native American opinions. Suzanne Owens offers an insight into appropriation that will bring a new understanding and perspective to these debates. This volume collects together these key debates from the last few decades and sets them in context, analyses Native American objections to appropriations of their spirituality and examines 'New Age' practices based on Native American spirituality."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.