Indigenous perspectives of North America : a collection of studies / Eniko Sepsi [and three others] ; with the assistance of James W. Oberly and József Fülöp.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sepsi, Enikő, editor.

Oberly, James W., editor.

Fülöp, József, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of North America--Social conditions.

Indians of North America.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (541 p.)

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The present volume brings to North American Native Studies - with its rich tradition and accumulated expertise in the Central European region - the new complexities and challenges of contemporary Native reality. The umbrella theme 'Indigenous perspectives' brings together researchers from a great variety of disciplines, focusing on issues such as democracy and human rights, international law, multiculturalism, peace and security, economic and scientific development, sustainability, literature...

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; PART I; BETWEEN RELATIVISM AND ROMANTICISM; GLIFWC; ABORIGINAL LITERATURES IN CANADA; REPRESENTACIONES DEL MUNDO INDÍGENAEN LA LITERATURA MEXICANA DEL SIGLO XX; PROSPECTS FOR ABORIGINALLANGUAGES IN CANADA; PART II; FROM REMOTE RESERVESTO THE GLOBAL INDIAN VILLAGE; L'INTRUSION DES « CODES » AMERINDIENSDANS LE THEATRE QUEBECOIS; ABORIGINAL VERSUS THE MÉTISBETWEEN RACE AND ETHNICITY; "MUCH OF WHAT WE LEARN ABOUT INDIANS,WE LEARN AS CHILDREN"; TRACKING THE LAND/MEMORY; IN-BETWEEN WESTERN AND INDIGENEOUS; CULTURAL HYBRIDITY IN TWENTIETHCENTURY MÉTIS AUTOBIOGRAPHIES

INDIANS AND THEIR ARTFROM LEGEND TO THE BIG SCREEN; MEMORY, TOTEM AND TABOOIN JIM JARMUSCH'S DEAD MAN; THE BARK-PEELERS OF THE NORTH; REPRESENTACIONES DE NATIVOSDE LA COSTA NOROESTE DE AMERICADEL NORTE EN LOS DIBUJOSDE LA EXPEDICION MALASPINA(1791-1792); LOS INDIOS DEL ISTMO DE TEHUANTEPECEN LOS ESCRITOS DE KÁROLY LÁSZLÓ; PART III; "I WAS THE ONE WHO SHOULDHAVE BEEN RELATED TO BIG BEAR"; THE CREATION OF THE STEREOTYPICALINDIAN WITHIN NATIVE CANADIAN CULTURE; CANADIAN NATIVE PEOPLES; A CULTURAL READER ON ABORIGINALPERSPECTIVES IN CANADA; INDIGENOUS PERSPECTIVESON THE LANDSCAPE OF NORTH AMERICA

INUIT MENTAL HEALTH AND INDIGENOUSPSYCHOLOGYJONATHAN EDWARDS AND THE INDIANS; "I'LL BE THE INDIAN,AND YOU GUYS THE COWBOYS"; PART IV; ARCTIC AMERICA THROUGH MEDIEVALEUROPEAN EYES; ABORIGINAL PEOPLES IN THE CANADIANMILITARY; A SEPARATE INDIGENOUS PARLIAMENTAS A MODEL TO IMPROVE ABORIGINALPOLITICAL REPRESENTATION IN CANADA; LA POLITIQUE SUR LA QUESTIONDES PEUPLES AUTOCHTONES; INDIGENES OU ALLOCHTONES -MINORITES LINGUISTIQUESA MULTIPLES IDENTITES; L'INCONSCIENT LITTERAIRE QUEBECOISET HONGROIS OU LES DROITS LINGUISTIQUESAU CANADA ET EN EUROPE CENTRALE

FRANCISCO DE VITORIAY LA CONQUISTA DE AMERICADERECHOS DE LOS INDIOSEN LAS CONSTITUCIONES,DECRETOS Y MANIFIESTOS POLITICOSDE MEXICO 1810-1824; MUERTE A LOS QUE LLEVEN CAMISA; PERSPECTIVAS DE LOS PUEBLOS INDIGENASEN EL PROCESO DE GLOBALIZACION; CONTRIBUTORS

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on online resource; title from title page (ebrary, viewed September 16, 2014).

ISBN:

1-4438-6613-X

OCLC:

890976063