Indians on display : global commodification of native America in performance, art, and museums /
Norman K. Denzin.
Bok Engelsk 2013 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | Walnut Creek, Calif. : : Left Coast Press, Inc., , 2013.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (236 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - 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. - 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
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| ISBN | 1315426803. - 1315426811. - 1611320909. - 9781315426808. - 9781315426815. - 9781611320909
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