Indians on display : global commodification of native America in performance, art, and museums

Indians on display : global commodification of native America in performance, art, and museums / Norman K. Denzin.

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. Exhibi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Denzin, Norman K. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Walnut Creek, California : Left Coast Press, Inc., [2013]
Subjects:
Indians of North America > Public opinion.
Indians in popular culture.
Indians in art.
Museum exhibits > United States.
Indians of North America > Exhibitions.
Folklore > Performance > United States.
Public opinion > United States.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > Native American Studies.
Folklore > Performance
Indians in art
Indians in popular culture
Indians of North America
Indians of North America > Public opinion
Museum exhibits
Public opinion
United States
Exhibition catalogs
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Table of 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.

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