The Cherokee Kid : Will Rogers, Tribal Identity, and the Making of an American Icon /

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"Ware's book challenges the common view that famous Oklahoman humorist Will Rogers (1879-1935) was disengaged from his Cherokee roots and/or that those roots were superfluous at best. Amy Ware, on the contrary, argues that Rogers's legitimate Cherokee heritage remained a self-defining...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ware, Amy M.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, 2015.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Rogers, Will, > 1879-1935.
Indians of North America > Ethnic identity.
Humorists, American.
Entertainers.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > Native American Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Media Studies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Native Americans.
Artistes du spectacle > États-Unis > Biographies.
Entertainers > United States > Biography.
Humorists, American > Biography.
United States.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Cherokee Kid; 1. Becoming Will Rogers: Sovereignty, Society, and Land in the Cherokee Nation, 1879â#x80;#x93;1902; 2. From Cherokee Kid to Oklahoma Cowboy; 3. The Ropin' Fool and the Escrow Indians of Southern California; 4. Ambassador Cherokee: Tribal Journalism and International Politics; 5. ""Now I Hope My Cherokee Blood Is Not Making Me Prejudiced"": Radio-Free Rogers; Conclusion: The Cultural Crinoline; Notes; Bibliography; Index; Back Cover.

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