| Description |
1 online resource |
|
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
Even as their nations and cultures were being destroyed by colonial expansion across the continent, American Indians became a form of entertainment, sometimes dangerous and violent, sometimes primitive and noble. Creating a fictional wild west, entrepreneurs then exported it around the world. Exhibitions by George Catlin, paintings by Charles King, and Wild West shows by Buffalo Bill Cody were viewed by millions worldwide. Norman Denzin uses a series of performance pieces with historical, contemporary, and fictitious characters to provide a cultural critique of how this version of Indians. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Indians of North America -- Public opinion.
|
|
Indians of North America -- Public opinion. |
|
Indians in popular culture.
|
|
Indians in popular culture. |
|
Indians in art.
|
|
Indians in art. |
|
Museum exhibits -- United States.
|
|
Museum exhibits. |
|
United States. |
|
Indians of North America -- Exhibitions.
|
|
Indians of North America -- Exhibitions. |
|
Folklore -- Performance -- United States.
|
|
Folklore -- Performance. |
|
Public opinion -- United States.
|
|
Public opinion. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
|
|
Exhibition catalogs.
|
|
Exhibition catalogs.
|
| Other Form: |
Print version: 9781611320886 1611320887 (DLC) 2013004764 |
| ISBN |
1611320909 (electronic book) |
|
9781611320909 (electronic book) |
|
9781611327090 (consumer ebook) |
|
1611327091 (consumer ebook) |
|
9781611320886 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
|
1611320887 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
|
9781611320893 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
|
1611320895 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
|
