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Becoming Indian: the Struggle Over Cherokee Identity in the Twenty-first Century (Resident Scholar) (School for Advanced Research Resident Scholar)
Circe Sturm
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Description for Becoming Indian: the Struggle Over Cherokee Identity in the Twenty-first Century (Resident Scholar) (School for Advanced Research Resident Scholar)
Paperback. Num Pages: 262 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 436 x 436 x 629. Weight in Grams: 590.
In Becoming Indian, author Circe Sturm examines Cherokee identity politics and the phenomenon of racial shifting. Racial shifters, as described by Sturm, are people who have changed their racial self-identification from non-Indian to Indian on the US Census. Many racial shifters are people who, while looking for their roots, have recently discovered their Native American ancestry. Others have family stories of an Indian great-great-grandmother or grandfather they have not been able to document. Still others have long known they were of Native American descent, including their tribal affiliation, but only recently have become interested in reclaiming this aspect of their ... Read more
In Becoming Indian, author Circe Sturm examines Cherokee identity politics and the phenomenon of racial shifting. Racial shifters, as described by Sturm, are people who have changed their racial self-identification from non-Indian to Indian on the US Census. Many racial shifters are people who, while looking for their roots, have recently discovered their Native American ancestry. Others have family stories of an Indian great-great-grandmother or grandfather they have not been able to document. Still others have long known they were of Native American descent, including their tribal affiliation, but only recently have become interested in reclaiming this aspect of their ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
SAR Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
Santa Fe, United States
ISBN
9781934691441
SKU
V9781934691441
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Ref
99-1
Reviews for Becoming Indian: the Struggle Over Cherokee Identity in the Twenty-first Century (Resident Scholar) (School for Advanced Research Resident Scholar)
Circe Sturm is among the most influential, innovative scholars of Native American experience today. Becoming Indian examines the phenomenon of race shifters sometimes derided as wannabes and fake Indians who have claimed Native identity by the many thousands in recent decades. It s a tricky, touchy topic, and yet one that Sturm handles with characteristic empathy and insight. Her book ... Read more