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Playing Indian

(Yale Historical Publications Series)

By Philip J. Deloria

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| Paperback | 9780300080674

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This provocative book explores the way non-Indian Americans have appropriated Indian dress and acted out Indian roles since the Boston Tea Party-and the reactions of Indian people to these imitations of their native dress, language, and ritual. The author shows that white ideas about Indians have shContinue

This provocative book explores the way non-Indian Americans have appropriated Indian dress and acted out Indian roles since the Boston Tea Party-and the reactions of Indian people to these imitations of their native dress, language, and ritual. The author shows that white ideas about Indians have shaped national identity at different times in American history, and that Indians have been both idealized and villainized, humiliated and empowered, by these imaginings.

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  • English Books
  • Paperback 262 Pages
  • Edition: New Ed
  • ISBN-10: 0300080670
  • ISBN-13: 9780300080674
  • Publisher: Yale University Press
  • Pub date: Sep 10, 1999
  • Dimensions: 1484 mm x 1032 mm x 129 mm Just how big is that?
  • Also available as: Hardcover
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