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Crafting "the Indian" : knowledge and desire in Indianist reenactment /

In Europe, Indian hobbyism, or Indianism, has developed out of a strong fascination with Native American life in the 18th and 19th centuries. "Indian hobbyists" dress in homemade replicas of clothing, craft museum-quality replicas of artifacts, meet in fields dotted with teepees and re-ena...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kalshoven, Petra Tjitske (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Berghahn Books, 2012.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1
  • Setting the Stage: Indianism and What It Is Not; Chapter 2
  • Indian Hobbies, European Contexts: History, Historiography, Ethnography; Chapter 3
  • "Is This Play?": Reforming Metaphoric Action on Indianist Playgrounds; Chapter 4
  • Amateurs at Work: Modes of Knowledge Making and Remaking; Chapter 5
  • Shifting Selves around Authentic Replicas: Crafting the Past into the Present; Chapter 6
  • Matter, Metaphor, Miniature: Marvels of the Model; Appendix
  • Missouri River Story: A Tale of Playing for HIgh Stakes; Bibliography; Index.