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...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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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.