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Playing Indian (Yale Historical Publications Series)
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 973.0497
EAN: 9780300080674
ISBN: 0300080670
Label: Yale University Press
Manufacturer: Yale University Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 262
Publication Date: September 10, 1999
Publisher: Yale University Press
Studio: Yale University Press
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Editorial Review:
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.
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - Playing Indian
Interesting look at how the Native Americans have made their mark on our national identity -- how the European Americans have used characteristics of the American Indians to describe themselves.
Rating:  - "hearing the voices of native americans"
I read with interest some of the other reviews. I felt I had to comment because one of the reviewers opines that the book lacks the "voices of native americans." Hmm...I think Phillip Deloria is the grandson of one of the most respected "native americans" living today, Vine Deloria, who is also an author, educator, and political activitist. Mr. Vine Deloria is tribal affiliated; I suspect his grandson is too. By the way, excellent book, Playing Indian, if you are serious about understanding American ... Read More
Rating: - Playing Indian
Prompt service. Book in the condition stated. I will use this seller again.
Rating: - Insight into an enduring problem
One thing that has always perplexed Indian people is the way in which our white brothers could overrun our lands with their guns and bibles, on the one hand, yet still maintain a romantic fascination with Indian ways, as evidenced in their books and movies. Deloria's work offers insight into the process through which non-Indians have appropriated the Indian nations' rights and territories into an anglicized assertion that they are now the "native" people of this land by right of conquest. Consequently, ... Read More
Rating:  - Dry, dull, sleep-inducer
I was required to read this for a college course I am taking and would never reccomend it to anyone on any level. The main points of the story are already well known and can be summed up in a two page magazine article instead of a dry 200-some page book. The author has a bad habbit of making the reader decipher dense sentences. He writes repetitively, citing the same types of examples for fifteen page intervals and only gets to the meat of the subject in two paragraph summaries. If you can skim through ... Read More
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