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Indians on display : global commodification of native America in performance, art, and museums /
Even as their nations and cultures were being destroyed by colonial expansion across the continent, American Indians became a form of entertainment, sometimes dangerous and violent, sometimes primitive and noble. Creating a fictional wild west, entrepreneurs then exported it around the world. Exhibi...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Walnut Creek, California :
Left Coast Press, Inc.,
[2013]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Even as their nations and cultures were being destroyed by colonial expansion across the continent, American Indians became a form of entertainment, sometimes dangerous and violent, sometimes primitive and noble. Creating a fictional wild west, entrepreneurs then exported it around the world. Exhibitions by George Catlin, paintings by Charles King, and Wild West shows by Buffalo Bill Cody were viewed by millions worldwide. Norman Denzin uses a series of performance pieces with historical, contemporary, and fictitious characters to provide a cultural critique of how this version of Indians. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (226 pages, 8 unnumbered colored pages of plates :) illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781611320909 1611320909 9781611327090 1611327091 9781315426815 1315426811 |