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Public Native America [[electronic resource] ] : tribal self-representations in casinos, museums, and powwows / / Mary Lawlor



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Autore: Lawlor Mary <1949-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Public Native America [[electronic resource] ] : tribal self-representations in casinos, museums, and powwows / / Mary Lawlor Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: New Brunswick, N.J., : Rutgers University Press, c2006
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (250 p.)
Disciplina: 305.897
Soggetto topico: 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
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-227) and index.
Nota di contenuto: Introduction -- Identity in Mashantucket -- Displaying loss at Navajoland -- Wind river lessons -- Keeping history at Acoma Pueblo -- Indigenous internationalism : native rights and the United Nations.
Sommario/riassunto: 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 reveals how a complex and often surprising cultural dynamic is cre
Titolo autorizzato: Public Native America  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-280-94706-3
9786610947065
0-8135-3997-8
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910451874203321
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