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11%OFFMary Lawlor - Public Native America: Tribal Self-Representations in Museums, Powwows, and Casinos - 9780813538655 - V9780813538655
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Public Native America: Tribal Self-Representations in Museums, Powwows, and Casinos

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Description for Public Native America: Tribal Self-Representations in Museums, Powwows, and Casinos Paperback. Explores the process of tribal self-definition. Focusing on architectural and interior designs, as well as performance styles, this book reveals how a complex and often surprising cultural dynamic is created when Native Americans create lavish displays for the public's participation and consumption. Num Pages: 240 pages, 10 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCA; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 424.

The Native American casino and gaming industry has attracted unprecedented American public attention to life on reservations. Other tribal public venues, such as museums and powwows, have also gained in popularity among non-Native audiences and become sites of education and performance.

In PublicNative America, Mary Lawlor explores the process of tribal self-definition that the communities in her study make available to off-reservation audiences. Focusing on architectural and interior designs as well as performance styles, she reveals how a complex and often surprising cultural dynamic is created when Native Americans create lavish displays for the public’s participation and consumption. ... Read more

 Drawing on postcolonial and cultural studies, Lawlor argues that these venues serve as a stage where indigenous communities play out delicate negotiations—on the one hand retaining traditional beliefs and rituals, while on the other, using what they have learned about U.S. politics, corporate culture, tourism, and public relations to advance their economic positions.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
254
Place of Publication
New Brunswick NJ, United States
ISBN
9780813538655
SKU
V9780813538655
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50

About Mary Lawlor
Mary Lawlor is an associate professor of English and director of American studies at Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pennsylvania.

Reviews for Public Native America: Tribal Self-Representations in Museums, Powwows, and Casinos
Public Native America is a rich, thoughtful, and compelling book [that] joins a growing body of interdisciplinary, theoretically informed work to make sense of how and why Indians and Indian tribes labor to affect how they are acknowledged and understood in a variety of ways and with myriad outcomes in mind.
Cultural Critique

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