Custer on canvas : representing Indians, memory, and violence in the new West / Norman K. Denzin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Denzin, Norman K., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Custer, George, 1776-1833--Portraits.

Custer, George.

Custer, George, 1776-1833--Drama.

Custer, George, 1776-1833--Anniversaries, etc.

Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876--Pictorial works.

Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876.

Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876, in art.

Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876--Drama.

Indians in art.

Indians in popular culture--Montana--Little Bighorn Battlefield--Pictorial works.

Indians in popular culture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (297 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The 1876 events known as Custer's Last Stand, Battle of Little Big Horn, or Battle of Greasy Grass have been represented over 1000 times in various artistic media, from paintings to sculpture to fast food giveaways. Norman Denzin shows how these representations demonstrate the changing perceptions-often racist-of Native America by the majority culture, juxtaposed against very different readings shown in works composed by Native American artists. Consisting of autobiographical reminiscences, historical description, artistic representations, staged readings, and snippets of documents, this

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Dramatis Personae; Chapter One - A Good Day to Die: The Battle of Many Names; Chapter Two - Whose Last Stand? The Early Paintings; Chapter Three - Whose Custer?; Chapter Four - Killing Custer; Chapter Five - Here Fell Custer: An Autoethnography of a Painting; Chapter Six - Custer's Last Rally; Chapter Seven - The Last Stand; Appendix A - Timeline: The Plains Indian Wars (1860-1890) and the Battle of Many Names (1876); Appendix B - Timeline: Paintings of the Battle of Many Names; Appendix C - Timeline: William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody; Notes

List of Plates and CreditsReferences; Index; About the Author; Section of color plates

Notes:

First published 2011 by Left Coast Press, Inc.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-315-43075-4

1-315-43076-2

1-315-43077-0

1-61132-798-9

9781315430775

OCLC:

730151900