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Limits Of Multiculturalism : Interrogating the Origins of American Anthropology

In the early nineteenth century, the profession of American anthropology emerged as European Americans began to make a living by studying the "Indian." Less well known are the AmerIndians who, at that time, were writing and publishing ethnographic accounts of their own people. By bringing...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Michaelsen, Scott
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 1999.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:In the early nineteenth century, the profession of American anthropology emerged as European Americans began to make a living by studying the "Indian." Less well known are the AmerIndians who, at that time, were writing and publishing ethnographic accounts of their own people. By bringing to the fore this literature of autoethnography and revealing its role in the forming of anthropology as we know it, this book searches outand shakesthe foundations of American cultural studies, asserting the importance of the Indian voices to the discipline.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (280 pages).
ISBN:9780816689750