Clearing a Path

Theorizing the Past in Native American Studies
1. Auflage 2001
ISBN: 978-0-415-92674-4
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 224 Seiten, Format (B × H): 158 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 467 g

Clearing a Path offers new models and ideas for exploring Native American history, drawing from disciplines like history, anthropology, and creative writing making this a must-read for anyone interested in the history of indigenous peoples.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Shoemaker, Nancy

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Minderheiten, Interkulturelle & Multikulturelle Fragen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Regionalwissenschaften, Regionalstudien

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction by Nancy ShoemakerStoriesChapter 1. Oral History, Narrative Strategies and Native American Historiography: Perspectives from the Yukon Territory, Canada by Julie CruikshankChapter 2. The Story of America: A Tribalography by LeAnne Howe Categories of AnalysisChapter 3. Categories by Nancy ShoemakerChapter 4. Some Women are Wiser Than Some Men: Gender and Native American History by Gunlog Fur Political EconomyChapter 5. Marxism and Historical Materialism in American Indian History byPatricia C. AlbersChapter 6. Primary Sources: Indian Goods and the History of American Colonialism and the Nineteenth-Century Reservation by Jacki Thompson Rand Tribal Histories, Indigenous HistoriesChapter 7. Keep Your Thoughts Above the Trees: Ideas on Developing and Presenting Tribal Histories by Craig HoweChapter 8. Life Proceeds From the Name: Indigenous Peoples and the Predicament of Hybridity by James F. Brooks Notes on ContributorsIndex

Über Autor(innen)

Nancy Shoemaker, Associate Professor of History at the University of Connecticut, is the editor of Negotiators of Change: Historical Perspectives on Native American Women and the author of American Indian Population Recovery in the Twentieth Century.