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Colonialism on the Prairies
Blanca Tovias
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Description for Colonialism on the Prairies
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 496.
This book spans a century in the history of the Blackfoot First Nations of present-day Montana and Alberta. It maps out specific ways in which Blackfoot culture persisted amid the drastic transformations of colonisation, with its concomitant forced assimilation in both Canada and the United States. It portrays the strategies and tactics adopted by the Blackfoot in order to navigate political, cultural and social change during the hard transition from traditional life-ways to life on reserves and reservations. Cultural continuity is the thread that binds the four case studies presented, encompassing Blackfoot sacred beliefs and ritual; dress practices; the transmission ... Read more
This book spans a century in the history of the Blackfoot First Nations of present-day Montana and Alberta. It maps out specific ways in which Blackfoot culture persisted amid the drastic transformations of colonisation, with its concomitant forced assimilation in both Canada and the United States. It portrays the strategies and tactics adopted by the Blackfoot in order to navigate political, cultural and social change during the hard transition from traditional life-ways to life on reserves and reservations. Cultural continuity is the thread that binds the four case studies presented, encompassing Blackfoot sacred beliefs and ritual; dress practices; the transmission ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Liverpool, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845195403
SKU
V9781845195403
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99-50
About Blanca Tovias
Blanca Tovias received her PhD in 2007 from the University of New South Wales. Her dissertation on the Blackfoot of Canada and the USA earned her the Bickerton History Prize, and the Doctoral Thesis Prize. She has co-edited two anthologies on the history of Mesoamerica and the Andes, and authored several book chapters. Her current research focuses on women of ... Read more
Reviews for Colonialism on the Prairies
"The book's strengths lie first in the effort to identify Blackfoot perspectives within documentswritten primarily by cultural outsiders and, second, in its recognition of the importance of the Scarface story in literature." - Alison Brown, University of Aberdeen, British Journal of Canadian Studies Vol.25 No.1 2012