Clearing a Path

Theorizing the Past in Native American Studies
1. Auflage 2001
ISBN: 978-0-415-92675-1
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 230 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 340 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
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Regionalwissenschaften, Regionalstudien
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

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.