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Playing ourselves : interpreting Native histories at historic reconstructions / Laura Peers.
LIBRA E76.85 .P44 2007
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Peers, Laura L. (Laura Lynn)
- Series:
- American Association for State and Local History book series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Indians of North America--Museums.
- Indians of North America.
- Historic sites--Interpretive programs--North America.
- Historic sites.
- Intercultural communication.
- Museum techniques.
- Indians in popular culture.
- Indians of North America--Public opinion.
- Historic sites--Interpretive programs.
- North America.
- Physical Description:
- xxxiii, 207 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, MD : AltaMira Press, [2007]
- Summary:
- Across North America, hundreds of reconstructed "living history" sites, which traditionally presented history from a primarily European perspective, have hired Native staff in an attempt to communicate a broader view of the past. Playing Ourselves explores this major shift in representation, using detailed observations of five historic sites in the United States and Canada to both discuss the theoretical aspects of Native cultural performance and advise interpreters and their managers on how to more effectively present an inclusive history. Drawing on anthropology, history, cultural performance, cross-cultural encounters, material culture theory, and public history, author Laura Peers examines "living history" sites as locations of cultural performance where core beliefs about society, cross-cultural relationships, and history are performed. In the process, she emphasizes how choice made in the communication of history can both challenge these core beliefs about the past and improve cross-cultural relations in the present.
- Contents:
- Vignette: Ruth Christie xi
- 1 Landscapes 1
- 2 Cosmologies 31
- Vignette: Nokie 55
- 3 Anishinaabeg 57
- Vignette: What's This? 87
- 4 Authenticities and Materialities 89
- Vignette: Bob and Betty Visit Fort William 113
- 5 Visitors 117
- 6 Encounters and Borderlands 141
- Vignette: Angelique 167
- 7 The Living and the Dead: Conclusions 169.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-193) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780759110618
- 0759110611
- 9780759110625
- 075911062X
- OCLC:
- 77011581
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