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A companion to the anthropology of American Indians / edited by Thomas Biolsi.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Blackwell companions to anthropology ; 3.
- Blackwell companions to anthropology ; 3
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Indians of North America--Study and teaching.
- Indians of North America.
- Anthropology--Research--North America.
- Anthropology.
- Indians of North America--History.
- Indians of North America--Research.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (594 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2004.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This Companion is comprised of 27 original contributions by leading scholars in the field and summarizes the state of anthropological knowledge of Indian peoples, as well as the history that got us to this point. Surveys the full range of American Indian anthropology: from ecological and political-economic questions to topics concerning religion, language, and expressive culture Each chapter provides definitive coverage of its topic, as well as situating ethnographic and ethnohistorical data into larger frameworks Explores anthropology's contribution to knowledge
- Contents:
- A Companion to the Anthropology of American Indian; Contents; Synopsis of Contents; Notes on Contributors; Introduction: What is the ''Anthropology'' of ''American Indians''?; Part I: Environments and Populations; 1 Political and Historical Ecologies; 2 Historical Demography; Part II: Political, Social, and Economic Organization; 3 Women and Men; 4 Politics; 5 Tribal or Native Law; 6 Culture and Reservation Economies; Part III: Knowledge and Expressive Culture; 7 Knowledge Systems; 8 Oral Traditions; 9 Religion; 10 Music; 11 Art; Part IV: Colonialism, Native Sovereignty, Law, and Policy
- 12 Political and Legal Status (''Lower 48'' States)13 Political and Legal Status of Alaska Natives; 14 Federal Indian Policy and Anthropology; 15 Contemporary Globalization and Tribal Sovereignty; 16 Treaty Rights; 17 Education; Part V: Cultural Politics and the Colonial Situation; 18 Representational Practices; 19 The Politics of Native Culture; 20 Cultural Appropriation; 21 Community Healing and Cultural Citizenship; 22 Native Hawaiians; Part VI: Anthropological Method and Postcolonial Practice; 23 Ethnography; 24 Beyond ''Applied'' Anthropology; 25 Language; 26 Visual Anthropology
- 27 ArchaeologyIndex
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786610361922
- 9781782689553
- 1782689559
- 9781280361920
- 1280361921
- 9780470704202
- 0470704209
- 9781405184779
- 1405184779
- 9780470996270
- 0470996277
- 9781405156127
- 1405156120
- OCLC:
- 184983602
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