Clearing a path : theorizing the past in Native American studies / edited by Nancy Shoemaker.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Shoemaker, Nancy, 1958-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of North America--Historiography.

Indians of North America.

Indians of North America--Study and teaching.

Physical Description:

xiii, 215 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2002.

Summary:

Until recently, any discussion of theories and the Native American past was often exiled to introductory chapters and footnotes. But now, in Clearing a Path, Nancy Shoemaker has assembled a collection of original essays by leading scholars of Native American studies that puts theoretical concerns first. Clearing a Path offers critical new models and ideas for exploring Native American history, drawing from disciplines like history, anthropology, and creative writing, and making this volume a must-read for anyone interested in the history of indigenous peoples.

Contents:

Stories. Oral history, narrative strategies, and Native American historiography: perspectives from the Yukon Territory, Canada / Julie Cruikshank ; The story of America: a tribalography / LeAnne Howe

Categories of analysis. Categories / Nancy Shoemaker ; "Some women are wiser than some men": gender and Native American history / Gunlög Fur

Political economy. Marxism and historical materialism in American Indian history / Patricia C. Albers ; Primary sources: Indian goods and the history of American colonialism and the 19th-century reservation / Jacki Thompson Rand

Tribal histories, indigenous histories. Keep you thoughts above the trees: ideas on developing and presenting tribal histories / Craig Howe ; Life proceeds from the name: indigenous peoples and the predicament of hybridity / James F. Brooks.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0415926742

0415926750

OCLC:

46449115