Table of Contents
Table of Contents for
Dissonant Worlds: Roger Vandersteene Among the Cree by Earle H. Waugh
Preface and Acknowledgments
Roger (Rogier) Vandersteene, 1918–1976
Map
Photographs
Introduction
One. Flemish Matrix: Blood, Art, and Piety
Two: “Steentje’s” Beginnings: Between Family and Flanders
Three: Grouard before Vandersteene: Cree, Catholic, Canadian
Four: “My Little Sisters, My Little Brothers”: From Encounter to Wasabasca
Five: Intransigent Reality: Manitou’s Land, Manitou’s Children
Six: The Great Mystery: Visible and Touchable Art
Seven: Sojourn Charts: Poetry in Serenity and Flux
Eight: Wrestling the Spirits: Powagan, Beethoven, Cancer
Nine: Beyond the Dissonance: Legacy of a Quest
Ten: Theoretical Epilogue: Vandersteene and the Understanding of Religion
Appendix 1: Chronology of Roger (Rogier) Vandersteene’s Life
Appendix 2: Evaluations of Vandersteene Collected during Research
Appendix 3: Ode to Vandersteene by Willem Vermandere
Appendix 4: Names of Informants
Bibliography
Index