American Indians and Popular Culture [2 volumes]

by Elizabeth DeLaney Hoffman (Editor)

Overview

The two-volume American Indians and Popular Culture seeks to help readers understand American Indians by analyzing their relationships with the popular culture of the United States and Canada. Volume 1 covers media, sports, and politics, while Volume 2 covers literature, arts, and resistance. Both volumes focus on stereotypes, detailing how they were created and why they are still allowed to exist.

In defining popular culture broadly to include subjects such as print advertising, politics, and science as well as literature, film, and the arts, this work offers a comprehensive guide to the important issues facing Native peoples today. Analyses draw from many disciplines and include many voices, ranging from surveys of movies and discussions of Native authors to first-person accounts from Native perspectives. Among the more intriguing subjects are the casinos that have changed the economic landscape for the tribes involved, the controversy surrounding museum treatments of American Indians, and the methods by which American Indians have fought back against pervasive ethnic stereotyping.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780313379918
Publisher:	ABC-CLIO, Incorporated
Publication date:	02/22/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	768
File size:	5 MB

About the Author

Elizabeth DeLaney Hoffman teaches English at Athens Technical College, Athens, GA, and is coeditor of Telling the Stories: Essays on American Indian Literatures and Cultures.

Editorial Reviews

"This compact two-volume set contains essays exploring the wide range of Native American contributions to popular culture in the United States. . . . The series is a good addition to high school, public, and undergraduate libraries." - ARBA

"Recommended for public, school, and academic libraries." - Library Journal

"This excellent two-volume set comprises 46 essays that cover historical and contemporary American Indian representations in the media, sports, politics, literature, arts, and the civil rights movement. . . . Although there are a number of books on American Indian representations in film, in this collection Hoffman (English, Athens Technical College) offers a richness of approaches to the subject hitherto unavailable in a single volume. The collection is extremely interesting and thought provoking and would be a true asset to any library. Summing Up: Highly recommended." - Choice

"Recounting captivating stories of challenge and success, with a focus on the twentieth century, DeLaney Hoff man’s American Indians and Popular Culture provides a rich resource for readers curious to learn more about the trajectory of indigenous cultures in the United States." - American Indian Quarterly

From the Publisher

Hoffman's (English, Athens Technical Coll., GA; "American Indian Studies" series) 46 essays explore, respond to, and discuss historical and current stereotypes and expectations of American Indians as presented in radio, film, television, advertisements, literature, music, dance, museums, and sports. Entries are generally ten to 15 pages in length and are arranged first by focus, with Volume 1 covering media, sports, and politics and Volume 2 literature, arts, and resistance. Within that, material is chronologically arranged. Most articles focus on the United States, although there is some Canadian coverage. Hoffman also includes important history, such as involvement in the U.S. military and in the struggle for civil rights. Article examples include "American Indian Feature Filmmakers and Popular Culture," "How Boarding School Basketball Became Indian Basketball," "Twilight: A Worldwide Pop Phenomenon with a Quileute Slant." Each volume has its own, separately written introduction and its own index, though no comprehensive index is provided. Articles are signed and include bibliographies. Searches in OCLC and LOC revealed several recent theses positing together Native American people and popular culture. However, no recent reference set was located. VERDICT Recommended for public, school, and academic libraries.—Lura Sanborn, St. Paul's Sch. Lib., NH

Library Journal