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Native American identities : from stereotype to archetype in art and literature

Author: Scott B Vickers
Publisher: Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, ©1998.
Edition/Format:   Book : State or province government publication : English : 1st edView all editions and formats
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"Issues of identity and authenticity present perennial challenges to both Native Americans and critics of their art. Vickers examines the long history of dehumanizing depictions of Native Americans while discussing such purveyors of stereotypes as the Puritans, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and Hollywood. These stereotypes abetted a national policy robbing Indians of their cultural identity. As a contrast to these,  Read more...
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Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Vickers, Scott B., 1947-
Native American identities.
Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, c1998
(OCoLC)605517536
Material Type: Government publication, State or province government publication
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Scott B Vickers
ISBN: 0826319319 9780826319319 082631886X 9780826318862
OCLC Number: 38206654
Description: xiii, 194 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Introduction: stereotypes and archetypes --
PART 1: THE LANGUAGE OF CONQUEST --
Necessity is the mother of reinvention: the semiology and psychology of conquest --
Wroughten scoundrels: bad Indians. good Indians --
Portraits of dishonor: the legacy of Helen Hunt Jackson --
A recapitulation of Indianness: Laughing Boy and Slim Girl --
The enchantment of the disenfranchised: artistic images of the Pueblo Indians --
Grounds for mythification: Frank Waters in "The Red Atlantis" --
PART 2: FROM STEREOTYPE TO ARCHETYPE --
From western art to archetype: the path of the spirit in modern Indian art --
The storytellers: transforming the oral tradition --
Conclusion: resistance in the blood.
Responsibility: Scott B. Vickers.

Abstract:

"Issues of identity and authenticity present perennial challenges to both Native Americans and critics of their art. Vickers examines the long history of dehumanizing depictions of Native Americans while discussing such purveyors of stereotypes as the Puritans, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and Hollywood. These stereotypes abetted a national policy robbing Indians of their cultural identity. As a contrast to these, he examines the work of white authors such as Helen Hunt Jackson, Oliver La Farge, the Taos Society of Artists, and Frank Waters, who created more archetypal fictional Indian characters."--BOOK JACKET. "In the second half of the book, Vickers explores the work of Indian artists and writers, such as Edgar Heap of Birds, Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, Linda Hogan, and Sherman Alexie who craft humanizing new images of authenticity and legitimacy, bridging the gap between stereotype and archetype. This is an essential book for all readers with an interest in the tragic history of Indian-white conflict."--BOOK JACKET.

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