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Making a Garden out of the Wilderness

Hornborg, Anne-Christine LU orcid (2012) Religion and Society Seeries vol. 55. p.205-228
Abstract
By using examples of European meetings with indigenous Mi‟kmaq in the Atlantic provinces of Canada in the early 17th century, I will show how the concept of wilderness was employed as a key metaphor for establishing the moral right and duty of Europeans to colonize the land, reorganizing the nomadic hunters in settled communities and remaking the mobile nature of the “savage” in the image of a cultivated plant.
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Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
publication status
published
subject
keywords
Wilderness, Mission, Nature, Culture, Ecology, Mi’kmaq, Canada
host publication
Wilderness in Mythology and Religion: Approaching Religious Spatialities, Cosmologies, and Ideas of Wild Nature
editor
Feldt, Laura
volume
Religion and Society Seeries vol. 55
pages
205 - 228
publisher
De Gruyter
ISBN
13: 978-1614512240
language
English
LU publication?
yes
additional info
The information about affiliations in this record was updated in December 2015. The record was previously connected to the following departments: Centre for Theology and Religious Studies (015017000)
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2016-04-04 11:08:38
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  author       = {{Hornborg, Anne-Christine}},
  booktitle    = {{Wilderness in Mythology and Religion: Approaching Religious Spatialities, Cosmologies, and Ideas of Wild Nature}},
  editor       = {{Feldt, Laura}},
  isbn         = {{13: 978-1614512240}},
  keywords     = {{Wilderness; Mission; Nature; Culture; Ecology; Mi’kmaq; Canada}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  pages        = {{205--228}},
  publisher    = {{De Gruyter}},
  title        = {{Making a Garden out of the Wilderness}},
  volume       = {{Religion and Society Seeries vol. 55}},
  year         = {{2012}},
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