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Authentic Indians : Episodes of Encounter from the Late-Nineteenth-Century Northwest Coast /

Analyzes cultural adaptation among aboriginal people in the Pacific Northwest, tracing the colonial origins and political implications of ideas about native "authenticity."

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Raibmon, Paige Sylvia, 1971- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Durham : Duke University Press, 2005.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: authenticity and colonial cosmology
  • Local politics and colonial relations : the Kwakwaka'wakw at home on the Northwest coast
  • "The march of the aborigine to civilization" : live exhibits and the world's Columbian exposition, 1893
  • Theaters of contact : the Kwakwaka'wakw at the fair
  • Picking, posing, and performing : the hop fields and income for aboriginal workers
  • Harvest gatherings : aboriginal agendas, economy, and culture
  • Indian watchers : colonial imagination and colonial reality
  • The inside passage to authenticity : Sitka tourism and the Tlingit
  • "The trend is upward" : mission and cottage life
  • Civilization on trial : the Davis case
  • Conclusion: authenticity's call.