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- New Perspectives on Native North America: Cultures, Histories, and Representations
- Book
- 2006
- Published by: University of Nebraska Press
summary
In this volume some of the leading scholars working in Native North America explore contemporary perspectives on Native culture, history, and representation. Written in honor of the anthropologist Raymond D. Fogelson, the volume charts the currents of contemporary scholarship while offering an invigorating challenge to researchers in the field.
The essays employ a variety of theoretical and methodological approaches and range widely across time and space. The introduction and first section consider the origins and legacies of various strands of interpretation, while the second part examines the relationship among culture, power, and creativity. The third part focuses on the cultural construction and experience of history, and the volume closes with essays on identity, difference, and appropriation in several historical and cultural contexts. Aimed at a broad interdisciplinary audience, the volume offers an excellent overview of contemporary perspectives on Native peoples.
Table of Contents
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- Introduction
- pp. xi-xlii
- Part One. Perspectives: On the Genealogy and Legacy of an Anthropological Tradition
- Part Two. Cultures: On Persons and Power, Rituals and Creativity
- Part Three. Histories: On Varieties of Temporal Experience and Historical Representation
- 11. Proto-Ethnologists in North America
- pp. 261-284
- Part Four. Representations: On Selves and Others, Hybridities and Appropriations
- Contributors
- pp. 496-500
Additional Information
ISBN
9780803253636
MARC Record
OCLC
68225698
Pages
516
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-11
Language
English
Open Access
No