White Devil seeks White Buffalo: Socially Engaged Imagination
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| Rating | : | 4.39 (630 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00Y5Q3DV8 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 512 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-01-05 |
| Language | : | English |
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Lisa Vallejos said Engaging, hopeful & inspiring. Dr. Boyd's articulate, heartfelt and honest account of what it means to be a white man in the "Engaging, hopeful & inspiring" according to Lisa Vallejos. Dr. Boyd's articulate, heartfelt and honest account of what it means to be a white man in the 20th century is penetrating, insightful and ultimately, hopeful. Dr. Boyd takes the reader along his journey from the desert of Arizona to the desert in a war zone, and much like the . 0th century is penetrating, insightful and ultimately, hopeful. Dr. Boyd takes the reader along his journey from the desert of Arizona to the desert in a war zone, and much like the . A compelling book on finding meaning Dr. Chris Boyd had to go beyond the traditional methods of social science and of auto-biography to produce a work that conveys the depth of transition from an identity dominated by a macho, competitive and unfeeling culture to evolving into an artistic, compassionate human bei
It is both academic and artistic for the heavy emphasis placed on imagination, self-reflection, and other creative means of working to alter our relationship to the land, place, nature, and each other. The author provides a story in which he contemplates the possibility of constructing a new white American self by exploring indigenous ways of coming to know in the present moment, our infatuation with being consumers, fame, the false history that has contributed to systemic racism, colonization, and the blind pursuit of the American Dream.In it the author shares a number of experiences, epiphanies, reflections, and pilgrimage into the imagination by looking at the self and the world through an indigenous lens