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Healing through art : ritualized space and Cree identity / Nadia Ferrara.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: McGill-Queen's native and northern series ; 41.Publisher: Montreal ; Ithaca : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2004]Copyright date: ©2004Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 167 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780773571983
  • 0773571981
  • 1282861913
  • 9781282861916
  • 9786612861918
  • 6612861916
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Healing through art.DDC classification:
  • 616.89/1656/08997323 22
LOC classification:
  • E99.C88 F47 2004eb
  • RC451.5.I5 F48 2004
NLM classification:
  • WM 450.5.A8
Online resources:
Contents:
1. Introduction -- 2. The Crees in Quebec -- 3. Cree styles of communication -- 4. Cree mythopoetic thought -- 5. Ritualizing space through art therapy -- 6. Conclusion : art therapy as an interstice for the Cree self.
Review: "In Healing through Art, Nadia Ferrara shows how art therapy has been used as a successful form of healing among Crees in northern Quebec. Although Ferrara is not Native and was not using a traditional method, her art therapy became a ritual for her patients and she was accepted in Cree communities as a healer. Through analysis of her patients experiences. Ferrara shows that crees often associate art therapy with their time in the bush and argues that both the bush and the therapeutic space constitute places where they re-affirm their notions of self. She also examines how individual trauma is perceived, defined, and narrated by Cree individuals and discusses the role that their culture and definitions of self play in therapy." "By including patient drawings and letting us hear their voices, Healing through Art gives us a sense of the reality of everyday Cree experience. This book transcends disciplinary boundaries and makes a significant contribution to anthropology, native studies, and clinical psychology."--Jacket
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-162) and index.

1. Introduction -- 2. The Crees in Quebec -- 3. Cree styles of communication -- 4. Cree mythopoetic thought -- 5. Ritualizing space through art therapy -- 6. Conclusion : art therapy as an interstice for the Cree self.

"In Healing through Art, Nadia Ferrara shows how art therapy has been used as a successful form of healing among Crees in northern Quebec. Although Ferrara is not Native and was not using a traditional method, her art therapy became a ritual for her patients and she was accepted in Cree communities as a healer. Through analysis of her patients experiences. Ferrara shows that crees often associate art therapy with their time in the bush and argues that both the bush and the therapeutic space constitute places where they re-affirm their notions of self. She also examines how individual trauma is perceived, defined, and narrated by Cree individuals and discusses the role that their culture and definitions of self play in therapy." "By including patient drawings and letting us hear their voices, Healing through Art gives us a sense of the reality of everyday Cree experience. This book transcends disciplinary boundaries and makes a significant contribution to anthropology, native studies, and clinical psychology."--Jacket

Print version record.

English.

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