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UNINA9910827873603321 |
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Autore |
Lawlor Mary <1949-> |
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Titolo |
Public Native America [[electronic resource] ] : tribal self-representations in casinos, museums, and powwows / / Mary Lawlor |
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New Brunswick, N.J., : Rutgers University Press, c2006 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-94706-3 |
9786610947065 |
0-8135-3997-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (250 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Indians of North America - Public opinion |
Indians of North America - Psychology |
Indians of North America - Ethnic identity |
Ethnopsychology - North America |
Self-perception - North America |
Indians in popular culture - North America |
Powwows - North America |
Museum exhibits - North America |
Gambling on Indian reservations - North America |
Public opinion - North America |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-227) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction -- Identity in Mashantucket -- Displaying loss at Navajoland -- Wind river lessons -- Keeping history at Acoma Pueblo -- Indigenous internationalism : native rights and the United Nations. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The Native American casino and gaming industry has attracted unprecedented American public attention to life on reservations. Other tribal public venues, such as museums and powwows, have also gained in popularity among non-Native audiences and become sites of education and performance. In Public Native America, Mary Lawlor explores the process of tribal self-definition that the communities in her study make available to off-reservation audiences. Focusing on architectural and interior designs as well as performance styles, she |
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