Going Native : Indians in the American Cultural Imagination /

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Since the 1800's, many European Americans have relied on Native Americans as models for their own national, racial, and gender identities. Displays of this impulse include world's fairs, fraternal organizations, and films such as Dances with Wolves. Shari M. Huhndorf uses cultural artifact...

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Main Author: Huhndorf, Shari M. (Shari Michelle), 1965-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, [2015]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Public opinion.
Nationalism.
Indians of North America > Public opinion.
Indians in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM / Native American
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
Nationalisme > États-Unis.
Opinion publique > États-Unis.
Nationalism > United States.
Public opinion > United States.
United States.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • INTRODUCTION. "U Only I Were an Indian"
  • CHAPTER ONE. Imagining America: Race, Nation, and Imperialism at the Turn of the Century
  • CHAPTER TWO. Nanook and His Contemporaries: Traveling with the Eskimos, I 89 7-I 94 I
  • CHAPTER THREE. The Making of an Indian: "Forrest " Carter's Literary Inventions
  • CHAPTER FOUR. Rites of Con quest: Indian C aptivities in the New Age
  • CONCLUSION. Rituals of Citizenship: Going Native and Contemporary American Identity
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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