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Record Nr.

UNINA9910449996803321

Titolo

Team spirits [[electronic resource] ] : the Native American mascots controversy / / edited by C. Richard King and Charles Fruehling Springwood ; foreword by Vine Deloria, Jr

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lincoln, : University of Nebraska Press, c2001

ISBN

1-280-42379-X

9786610423798

0-8032-0630-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (374 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

KingC. Richard <1968->

SpringwoodCharles Fruehling

Disciplina

306.4/83

Soggetti

Indians as mascots

Sports team mascots - Social aspects - United States

Indians of North America - Social conditions - 20th century

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""contents""; ""foreword""; ""acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""Chief Bill Orange and the Saltine Warrior""; ""Becoming the Indians""; ""Wennebojo Meets the Mascot""; ""Sockalexis and the Making of the Myth at the Core of Cleveland's""Indian"" Image""; ""The Fighting Braves of Michigamua""; ""The Best Offense...""; ""At Home in Illinois""; ""Fighting Name-Calling""; ""Last of the Mohicans, Braves, and Warriors""; ""Escaping the Tyranny of the Majority""; ""Mascots and the Media""; ""Educators and Mascots""; ""Uneasy Indians""; ""Playing Indian and Fighting (for) Mascots""; ""Epilogue""

""contributors""""index""