{"product_id":"9781551111599","title":"The Way of the Pipe: Aboriginal Spirituality and Symbolic Healing in Canadian Prisons","description":"\u003cp\u003ePrisons are an ominous fact of life for too many Aboriginal people. \u003ci\u003eThe Way of the Pipe\u003c\/i\u003e explores how Aboriginal spirituality is finding its way into prisons and the role it is playing with Aboriginal inmates seeking to regain and to promote their heritages and identities.The book starts from the premise that this spirituality is not simply \"religion\" but is a form of therapy, know to medical anthropologists as \"symbolic healing.\" Working from the results of hundreds of interviews with inmates in a number of prisons, Waldram traces the history of Aboriginal spirituality in and out of prison populations. Ironically, it is in prison that many come face to face with spiritual traditions such as the sweat lodge for the first time. The book looks critically at incarceration practices which have not always made it easy for inmates to explore their spiritual heritage. At the same time, it asks tough questions about whether this spiritual \"therapy\" actually makes a difference.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten in a highly accessible style, \u003ci\u003eThe Way of the Pipe\u003c\/i\u003e combines scholarly perspectives with extensive narratives from the Elders and inmates to provide a unique understanding of the issues of symbolic healing and prison rehabilitation. It forces us to reconsider the goals and methods of prison treatment, especially for Aboriginal inmates. And on a broader level, it offers insight into the cultural divide between communities both behind the walls and beyond.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRoyalties from the sale of this book will be donated to the Native Brotherhood at the Regional Psychiatric Centre (Praries) in Saskatoon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press, Higher Education Division","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47054055538928,"sku":"9781551111599","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781551111599_p0.jpg?v=1763752461","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781551111599","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}