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

Lawlor, Mary,i1949- [Verfasser]

New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, 2006

Birmingham, AL, USA : EBSCO Industries, Inc.

1 Online-Ressource (xii, 234 pages) : Illustrations

Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-227) and index

Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.

978-0-8135-3997-3 ; 0-8135-3997-8 ; 0-8135-3864-5 ; 978-0-8135-3864-8 ; 0-8135-3864-5

HU 1726 LB 48600

 

Nordamerika  Indianer  Selbstbild  Ethnische Identität  Ethnopsychologie 

 

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.