Walking a tightrope : aboriginal people and their representations / Ute Lischke and David T. McNab, editors.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Lischke, Ute, 1948-

McNab, David, 1947-

Conference Name:

Wanapitei Colloquium

Series:

Indigenous Studies

Aboriginal studies series

Language:

English

Genre:

Libros electronicos.

Physical Description:

xix, 377 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Waterloo, Ont. : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"The most we can hope for is that we are paraphrased correctly." In this statement, Lenore Keeshig-Tobias underscores one of the main issues in the representation of Aboriginal peoples by non-Aboriginals. Non-Aboriginal people often fail to understand the sheer diversity, multiplicity, and shifting identities of Aboriginal people. As a result, Aboriginal people are often taken out of their own contexts. Walking a Tightrope plays an important role in the dynamic historical process of ongoing change in the representation of Aboriginal peoples. It locates and examines the multiplicity and distinctiveness of Aboriginal voices and their representations, both as they portray themselves and as others have characterized them. In addition to exploring perspectives and approaches to the representation of Aboriginal peoples, it also looks at Native notions of time (history), land, cultures, identities, and literacies. Until these are understood by non-Aboriginals, Aboriginal people will continue to be misrepresented -- both as individuals and as groups.; By acknowledging the complex and unique legal and historical status of Aboriginal peoples, we can begin to understand the culture of Native peoples in North America. Until then, given the strength of stereotypes, Native people have come to expect no better representation than a paraphrase.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-280-28092-1

9786610280926

0-88920-928-6

1-4175-9966-9

OCLC:

1027195661