Inappropriation : The Contested Legacy of Y-Indian Guides /

""Inappropriation: The Contested Legacy of Y-Indian Guides" traces the 77-year history of a youth development program that, at its height, engaged over a half million participants annually. Beginning with idealistic origins, intending to soften the stereotypical stern father, Y-Indian...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Hillmer, Paul, 1960- (Author), Bean, Ryan, 1980- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Columbia : University of Missouri Press, 2023.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Y-Indian Guides > History.
Ethnocentrism.
Cultural appropriation.
Children > Societies and clubs.
Ethnocentrism > United States.
Cultural appropriation > United States.
Parent and child > United States > Societies and clubs.
Fathers and sons > United States > Societies and clubs.
United States.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:""Inappropriation: The Contested Legacy of Y-Indian Guides" traces the 77-year history of a youth development program that, at its height, engaged over a half million participants annually. Beginning with idealistic origins, intending to soften the stereotypical stern father, Y-Indian Guides traced a complicated thread of American history, touching upon themes of family, race, class, and privilege. Y-Indian Guides was a father-son (and later parent-child) program established in 1926 by Harold Keltner, a YMCA Boys Work secretary from St. Louis, MO, and Joe Friday, a member of the Canadian Ojibwe First Peoples. Keltner and Friday harnessed white middle-class fascination with Native Americans into what became Y-Indian Guides"--
Physical Description:1 online resource (248 pages).
ISBN:9780826274847

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