Description: Further DetailsTitle: Invisible RealityCondition: NewSubtitle: Storytellers, Storytakers, and the Supernatural World of the BlackfeetISBN-10: 1496214773EAN: 9781496214775ISBN: 9781496214775Publisher: University of Nebraska PressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 08/01/2019Description: [LaPier’s] book refreshingly is tied to her extended family, especially its women, instead of the generalized ‘Blackfoot’ of most outside ethnographers. Readable in style, [Invisible Reality] conveys the self-respect and confidence that paternalist governance and poverty could not defeat.—A. B. Kehoe, Choice Rosalyn R. LaPier demonstrates that Blackfeet history is incomplete without an understanding of the Blackfeet people’s relationship and mode of interaction with the “invisible reality” of the supernatural world. Religious beliefs provided the Blackfeet with continuity through privations and changing times. The stories they passed to new generations and outsiders reveal the fundamental philosophy of Blackfeet existence, namely the belief that they could alter, change, or control nature to suit their needs and that they were able to do so with the assistance of supernatural allies. The Blackfeet did not believe they had to adapt to nature. They made nature adapt. Their relationship with the supernatural provided the Blackfeet with stability and made predictable the seeming unpredictability of the natural world in which they lived.In Invisible Reality LaPier presents an unconventional, creative, and innovative history that blends extensive archival research, vignettes of family stories, and traditional knowledge learned from elders along with personal reflections on her own journey learning Blackfeet stories. The result is a nuanced look at the history of the Blackfeet and their relationship with the natural world. Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 229mmItem Length: 152mmAuthor: Rosalyn R. LaPierGenre: HistoryBook Series: New Visions in Native American and Indigenous StudiesTopic: Society & Culture, Social Sciences, Philosophy & SpiritualityRelease Year: 2019 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Invisible Reality
Title: Invisible Reality
Subtitle: Storytellers, Storytakers, and the Supernatural World of the Blac
ISBN-10: 1496214773
EAN: 9781496214775
ISBN: 9781496214775
Release Date: 08/01/2019
Release Year: 2019
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Genre: History
Topic: Philosophy & Spirituality
Number of Pages: 246 Pages
Publication Name: Invisible Reality : Storytellers, Storytakers, and the Supernatural World of the Blackfeet
Language: English
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Publication Year: 2019
Subject: United States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY), General, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies, Ethnic & Tribal
Item Height: 0.8 in
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 13.6 Oz
Subject Area: Religion, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography, History
Item Length: 8.9 in
Author: Rosalyn R. Lapier
Series: New Visions in Native American and Indigenous Studies
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
