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- catalog 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."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b10661582.
- catalog created "c1998.".
- catalog date "1998".
- catalog date "c1998.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1998.".
- catalog description ""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."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "1. Introduction: Stereotypes and Archetypes -- 2. Necessity is the Mother of Reinvention: The Semiology and Psychology of Conquest -- 3. Wroughten Scoundrels: Bad Indians, Good Indians -- 4. Portraits of Dishonor: The Legacy of Helen Hunt Jackson -- 5. A Recapitulation of Indianness: Laughing Boy and Slim Girl -- 6. The Enchantment of the Disenfranchised: Artistic Images of the Pueblo Indian -- 7. Grounds for Mythification: Frank Waters in "The Red Atlantis" -- 8. From Western Art to Archetype: The Path of the Spirit in Modern Indian Art -- 9. The Storytellers: Transforming the Oral Tradition -- 10. Conclusion: Resistance in the Blood.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-185) and index.".
- catalog extent "xiii, 194 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Native American identities.".
- catalog identifier "082631886X (pbk.)".
- catalog identifier "0826319319 (cloth)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Native American identities.".
- catalog issued "1998".
- catalog issued "c1998.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press,".
- catalog relation "Native American identities.".
- catalog subject "305.897 21".
- catalog subject "E98.E85 V53 1998".
- catalog subject "Indians in art.".
- catalog subject "Indians in literature.".
- catalog subject "Indians of North America Cultural assimilation.".
- catalog subject "Indians of North America Ethnic identity.".
- catalog subject "Stereotypes (Social psychology)".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. Introduction: Stereotypes and Archetypes -- 2. Necessity is the Mother of Reinvention: The Semiology and Psychology of Conquest -- 3. Wroughten Scoundrels: Bad Indians, Good Indians -- 4. Portraits of Dishonor: The Legacy of Helen Hunt Jackson -- 5. A Recapitulation of Indianness: Laughing Boy and Slim Girl -- 6. The Enchantment of the Disenfranchised: Artistic Images of the Pueblo Indian -- 7. Grounds for Mythification: Frank Waters in "The Red Atlantis" -- 8. From Western Art to Archetype: The Path of the Spirit in Modern Indian Art -- 9. The Storytellers: Transforming the Oral Tradition -- 10. Conclusion: Resistance in the Blood.".
- catalog title "Native American identities : from stereotype to archetype in art and literature / Scott B. Vickers.".
- catalog type "text".