Tribal fantasies : Native Americans in the European imaginary, 1900-2010 / edited by James Mackay and David Stirrup.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mackay, James, 1975-

Stirrup, David.

Series:

Studies in European culture and history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of North America--Public opinion.

Indians of North America.

Indians in popular culture--Europe.

Indians in popular culture.

Indians in literature.

Indians in art.

Europe.

Physical Description:

vi, 265 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.

Summary:

This transnational collection discusses the use of Native American imagery in twentiethand twenty-first-century European culture. With examples ranging from Irish oral myth, through the pop image of Indians promulgated in pornography, to the philosophical appropriations of Ernst Bloch and the European far right, contributors illustrate the legend of "the Indian." Drawing on American Indian literary nationalism, postcolonialism, and transnational theories, essays demonstrate a complex nexus of power relations that seemingly allows European culture to build its own Native images, and ask what effect this has on the current treatment of Indigenous peoples. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Union of Chance: Native Portrayals by Dogroy Beaulieu / Gerald Vizenor Vizenor, Gerald 25

2 Ethnographic Novels: American Indians in Francophone Comics / Sebastian F. Braun Braun, Sebastian F. 41

3 "I'm indiginous, I'm indiginous, I'm indiginous": Indigenous Rights, British Nationalism, and the European Far Right / Padraig Kirwan Kirwan, Padraig, David Stirrup Stirrup, David 59

4 From Karl May to Karl Marx: Ernst Bloch and the Native American Tribe as Concrete Utopia / Peter Thompson Thompson, Peter 85

5 Teepees and Totem Poles: Toy Representations of North American Indians in European Popular Culture for Children / Christina Welch Welch, Christina 101

6 Native Americans, Europeans, and the Gay Imagination / Max Carocci Carocci, Max 117

7 Monstrous Bodies and Ignoble Savages: Depictions of Indigenous Peoples in European Hardcore / James Mackay Mackay, James 137

8 Polish Literary Depictions of Native Americans in Soviet-Era Adventure Novels / Marek Paryz Paryz, Marek 155

9 Indian Spirit: Amerindians and the Techno-Tribes of Psytrance / Graham St. John John, Graham St. 173

10 Wee People, Red Devils, and the Old Women Back Home: Representations of Native Americans in Micí Mac Gabhann's Rotha Mór an tSaoil and Éilís Ní Dhuibhne's "The Pale Gold of Alaska" / Jessica Dougherty-McMichael Dougherty-McMichael, Jessica 197

11 Afterword / Renae Watchman Watchman, Renae 211.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9781137288813

1137288817

OCLC:

795759322