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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783267703321

Autore

Smith Sherry L (Sherry Lynn), <1951->

Titolo

Reimagining Indians : Native Americans through Anglo eyes, 1880-1940 / / Sherry L. Smith

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2000

©2000

ISBN

0-19-771580-X

0-19-028580-X

1-280-47356-8

0-19-535043-X

0-19-518052-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (286 p.)

Disciplina

810.9/897

Soggetti

American literature - 20th century - History and criticism

American literature - 19th century - History and criticism

Indians in literature

Literature and history - United States - History - 20th century

Literature and history - United States - History - 19th century

Indians of North America - Government relations

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; 1 Introduction; 2 From Enemy to Inspiration: Charles Erskine Scott Wood and the Meaning of Indians; 3 George Bird Grinnell and the "Vanishing" Plains Indian Cultures; 4 Among the Blackfeet: Walter McClintock and Mary Roberts Rinehart; 5 Native Son: Frank Bird Linderman; 6 Charles Fletcher Lummis and the Fight for the Multicultural Southwest; 7 Out of Arizona: George Wharton James; 8 Sisters of the Southwest: Mary Austin and Anna Ickes; 9 Mabel Dodge Luhan: Muse of Taos; Conclusion; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Sommario/riassunto

Reimagining Indians investigates a group of Anglo-American writers whose books about Native Americans helped reshape



Americans'understanding of Indian peoples at the turn of the twentieth century.Hailing from the Eastern United States, these men and women traveled to the American West and discovered ""exotics"" in their midst. Drawn to Indian cultures as alternatives to what they found distasteful about modern American culture, these writers produced a body of work that celebrates Indian