ISBN:
9781611320893
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (236 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2013 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version Indians on Display : Global Commodification of Native America in Performance, Art, and Museums
DDC:
305.897
Keywords:
Folklore ; Performance ; United States
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Indians in art
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Indians in popular culture
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Indians of North America ; Exhibitions
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Indians of North America ; Public opinion
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Museum exhibits ; United States
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Public opinion ; United States
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Even as their nations and cultures were being destroyed by colonial expansion across the continent, American Indians became a form of entertainment, sometimes dangerous and violent, sometimes primitive and noble. Creating a fictional wild west, entrepreneurs then exported it around the world. Exhibitions by George Catlin, paintings by Charles King, and Wild West shows by Buffalo Bill Cody were viewed by millions worldwide. Norman Denzin uses a series of performance pieces with historical, contemporary, and fictitious characters to provide a cultural critique of how this version of Indians
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents; Acknowledgments; Dramatis Personae; Introduction; Chapter One - Selling Indians: Traveling Wild West Shows, Painters, Minstrels, and Museums; Chapter Two - Charles Bird King's Studio Indians; Chapter Three - The Traveling Indian Medicine Show; Chapter Four - George Catlin's Traveling Indian Gallery; Chapter Five - Catlin's Traveling Indian Gallery Goes to London; Chapter Six - Sitting Bull and Buffalo Bill; Chapter Seven - Ghost Dancers in Germany; Chapter Eight - German Indians R Us; Appendix; Notes; References; Index; About the Author
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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