The Death and Rebirth of the Seneca
セネカの植民地期から保留地時代初期までの歴史と、ハンサム・レイクの予言と宗教復興を軸に、ひとつの社会が危機のなかで立て直されていく過程をたどる歴史書。先住民社会の再生を、政治・宗教・文化の交差点から描き出す。
作品情報
破壊と再生のあいだで、セネカの歴史を宗教復興の物語として読み直す。
セネカの歴史を、侵食されていく共同体の物語ではなく、ハンサム・レイクの宗教運動を通じた再生の物語として描く一冊。植民地支配の圧力のなかで、信仰と共同体がどのように新しい秩序を生み出したのかを、豊かな歴史叙述で示している。
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セネカ史とハンサム・レイクの宗教運動を、広い歴史的文脈の中で追える点が評価されている。解釈の枠組みについては議論もあるが、先住民史の重要な参照点として読み継がれている。
書籍情報
- 出版社
- Vintage
- 発売日
- 1972-04-12
- ページ数
- 416ページ
- 言語
- 英語
- サイズ
- 13.4 x 2.3 x 20.3 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9780394716992
- ISBN-10
- 039471699X
- 価格
- 3732 JPY
- カテゴリ
- 洋書/History/Americas/United States/19th Century
in this book, an award-winning anthropologist tells the story of the late colonial and early reservation history of the Seneca Indians, and of the prophet Handsome Lake and the revitalization of an American Indian society that he and his followers achieved in the years around 1800. "Here is a carefully crafted masterpiece of anthropological and historical investigation. It is about both the specific renaissance of the Seneca and the possible renaissance of any people. On its specific subject matter, it will probably remain the definitive study for a long time."— Christian Science Monitor "Until this volume, there has been no single book written that relates the history and life style of one of the Iroquois peoples with the encompassing depth and breadth of knowledge, clarity, and interest that the subject deserves. Finally, this book does it for the Seneca. It is enthralling history, told in a knowledgeable, highly readable way."—Alvin M. Joseph Jr., author of The Indian Heritage of America "This book is at once troubling and richly textured; for it draws skillfully and impartially on the resources of history, ethnology and psychology to chronicle the agony and decline of one of the proudest of American Indian peoples."—Morris Opler
Anthony Wallace (19123-2015) was a prize-winning Canadian-American anthropologist who specialized in Native American cultures, especially the Iroquois. He served as chairman of the Department of Anthropology at the University of Pennsylania and as a medical research scientist and director of clinical research at the Eastern Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute. His many other books include King of the Delawares: Teedyuscung , Culture and Personality , Religion: An Anthropological View, Jefferson and the Indians: The Tragic Fate of the First Americans, and The Long Bitter Trail.
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Book
Good book
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I would recommend the first part alone to anyone remotely curious about ...
This book is a detailed, well-researched record of the Iroquois culture, providing the reader with the necessary context to understand the importance and effects of Handsome Lake's teachings. The examples Wallace provides to illustrate his points are relevant and interesting, and allow the reader to empathize and relate to the Iroquois, and the Seneca in particular. Finally, his analysis is fair. He neither romanticizes nor demonizes, but allows the different groups that appear in his study to be people. I would recommend the first part alone to anyone remotely curious about this culture. It is easy to see why this book has a perennial presence on college syllabi some 50 years on.
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Looks interesting
Just now getting into it, but it looks very interesting, and sure to solve my curiosity. Glad to have it.
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The Death and Rebirth of the Seneca
Great book, held my interest from beginning to end. Anthony Wallace did his research and it shows throughout the book. Easy to read and understand the culture of the Seneca.
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A Good Insight of the Seneca People
A gift for a young man of Seneca heritage. He enjoyed it very much.
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