Clothed-in-Fur and Other Tales: An Introduction to an Ojibwa World View

by Thomas W. Overholt, Baird J. Callicott

Overview

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

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781461678830
Publisher:	University Press of America
Publication date:	03/18/1982
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	198
File size:	566 KB

About the Author

Thomas W. Overholt is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. J. Baird Callicott is also a Professor of Philosophy at the same university.

Editorial Reviews

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 Reviews

...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

...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

From the Publisher

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

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.

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