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A Companion to the Anthropology of American Indians


A Companion to the Anthropology of American Indians


Wiley Blackwell Companions to Anthropology 1. Aufl.

von: Thomas Biolsi

170,99 €

Verlag: Wiley-Blackwell
Format: PDF
Veröffentl.: 15.04.2008
ISBN/EAN: 9781405156127
Sprache: englisch
Anzahl Seiten: 592

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This <i>Companion</i> is comprised of 27 original contributions by leading scholars in the field and summarizes the state of anthropological knowledge of Indian peoples, as well as the history that got us to this point. <br /> <ul class="noindent"> <li>Surveys the full range of American Indian anthropology: from ecological and political-economic questions to topics concerning religion, language, and expressive culture<br /> </li> <li>Each chapter provides definitive coverage of its topic, as well as situating ethnographic and ethnohistorical data into larger frameworks<br /> </li> <li>Explores anthropology’s contribution to knowledge, its historic and ongoing complicities with colonialism, and its political and ethical obligations toward the people 'studied'</li> </ul>
<p>Synopsis of Contents x</p> <p>Notes on Contributors xviii</p> <p>Introduction: What is the ‘‘Anthropology’’ of ‘‘American Indians’’? 1<br /><i>Thomas Biolsi</i></p> <p><b>Part I: Environments and Populations 5</b></p> <p>1 Political and Historical Ecologies 7<br /><i>Kenneth M. Ames</i></p> <p>2 Historical Demography 24<br /><i>Russell Thornton</i></p> <p><b>Part II: Political, Social, and Economic Organization 49</b></p> <p>3 Women and Men 51<br /><i>Martha C. Knack</i></p> <p>4 Politics 69<br /><i>Loretta Fowler</i></p> <p>5 Tribal or Native Law 95<br /><i>Bruce Granville Miller</i></p> <p>6 Culture and Reservation Economies 112<br /><i>Kathleen Pickering</i></p> <p><b>Part III: Knowledge and Expressive Culture 131</b></p> <p>7 Knowledge Systems 133<br /><i>Eugene S. Hunn</i></p> <p>8 Oral Traditions 154<br /><i>Rodney Frey</i></p> <p>9 Religion 171<br /><i>Raymond Bucko</i></p> <p>10 Music 196<br /><i>Luke Eric Lassiter</i></p> <p>11 Art 212<br /><i>Rebecca J. Dobkins</i></p> <p><b>Part IV: Colonialism, Native Sovereignty, Law, and Policy 229</b></p> <p>12 Political and Legal Status (‘‘Lower 48’’ States) 231<br /><i>Thomas Biolsi</i></p> <p>13 Political and Legal Status of Alaska Natives 248<br /><i>Caroline L. Brown</i></p> <p>14 Federal Indian Policy and Anthropology 268<br /><i>George Pierre Castile</i></p> <p>15 Contemporary Globalization and Tribal Sovereignty 284<br /><i>Randel D. Hanson</i></p> <p>16 Treaty Rights 304<br /><i>Larry Nesper</i></p> <p>17 Education 321<br /><i>Alice Littlefield</i></p> <p><b>Part V: Cultural Politics and the Colonial Situation 339</b></p> <p>18 Representational Practices 341<br /><i>Pauline Turner Strong</i></p> <p>19 The Politics of Native Culture 360<br /><i>Kirk Dombrowski</i></p> <p>20 Cultural Appropriation 383<br /><i>Tressa Berman</i></p> <p>21 Community Healing and Cultural Citizenship 398<br /><i>Renya K. Ramirez</i></p> <p>22 Native Hawaiians 412<br /><i>Cari Costanzo Kapur</i></p> <p><b>Part VI: Anthropological Method and Postcolonial Practice 433</b></p> <p>23 Ethnography 435<br /><i>Peter Whiteley</i></p> <p>24 Beyond ‘‘Applied’’ Anthropology 472<br /><i>Les W. Field</i></p> <p>25 Language 490<br /><i>James Collins</i></p> <p>26 Visual Anthropology 506<br /><i>Harald E. L. Prins</i></p> <p>27 Archaeology 526<br /><i>Larry J. Zimmerman</i></p> <p>Index 542</p>
"Highly recommended." <br /> <i>Choice</i> <p>"Biolsi has produced a rich and comprehensive overview of the field by drawing on senior figures and younger scholars, academics and public intellectuals, and Native and non-Native voices. This volume is required reading for anyone wishing to enter, revisit, or advance the practice of Native American anthropology."<br /> <i>Philip Deloria, University of Michigan<br /> </i><br /> "This invaluable volume offers the perspectives of individuals whose intellectual, social, emotional, and pragmatic commitment to better understanding our world have earned the respect and attention of Native and non-Native audiences."<br /> <i>Tsianina Lomawaima, University of Arizona</i></p> <p>"This is a sterling compilation, expertly edited, that interrogates the dynamic and often contentious relationship between indigenous peoples and anthropologists."<br /> <i>David Wilkins, University of Minnesota</i></p>
<b>Thomas Biolsi</b> is Professor of Native American Studies at the University of California at Berkeley. Among his publications are <i>Deadliest Enemies: Law and Race Relations on and Off Rosebud Reservation</i> (2007/2001), <i>Indians and Anthropologists: Vine Deloria, Jr., and the Critique of Anthropology</i> (edited with Larry Zimmerman, 1997), and <i>Organizing the Lakota: The Political Economy of the New Deal on Pine Ridge and Rosebud Reservations</i> (1992).
The status of American Indians has long been rooted in a view of Indians as members of indigenous polities with distinct cultures. Often, these cultures have been characterized by dominant colonial authorities as ‘savage’ or ‘primitive,’ and it is the discipline of anthropology that, willingly and wittingly, or not, helped to make the idea of ‘the primitive’ into a social reality. Consequently, the ‘tribal slot’ inhabited by American Indians - with both its benefits and its oppressions - is difficult to imagine without the discipline of anthropology. <p><i>A Companion to the Anthropology of American Indians</i> contains 27 original contributions by leading scholars who work actively as researchers in American Indian communities, or on the topic of American Indians. The book summarizes the state of anthropological knowledge of Indian peoples, as well as the history that got us to this point.<br /> Treated here is the full range of American Indian anthropology: from ecological and political-economic questions to topics concerning religion, language, and expressive culture. Each chapter provides definitive coverage of its topic while situating ethnographic and ethnohistorical data in a broader framework. This framework includes the linked histories of American Indians and anthropology, the role of continued native resistance in changing both the situation of Indian people and the content of anthropology, and the potential role of anthropology in an anti-colonial project that speaks to the pressing concerns of contemporary Indians.</p>
"Highly recommended." <br /> <i>Choice</i> <p>"Biolsi has produced a rich and comprehensive overview of the field by drawing on senior figures and younger scholars, academics and public intellectuals, and Native and non-Native voices. This volume is required reading for anyone wishing to enter, revisit, or advance the practice of Native American anthropology."<br /> <i>Philip Deloria, University of Michigan<br /> </i><br /> "This invaluable volume offers the perspectives of individuals whose intellectual, social, emotional, and pragmatic commitment to better understanding our world have earned the respect and attention of Native and non-Native audiences."<br /> <i>Tsianina Lomawaima, University of Arizona</i></p> <p>"This is a sterling compilation, expertly edited, that interrogates the dynamic and often contentious relationship between indigenous peoples and anthropologists."<br /> <i>David Wilkins, University of Minnesota</i></p>

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