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Playing Indian /

Deloria, Philip Joseph.

Playing Indian / Philip J. Deloria. - New Haven : Yale University Press, c1998. - 249 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. - Yale historical publications . - Yale historical publications (Unnumbered) .

Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Yale University, 1994.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-241) and index.

American Indians, American identities -- Patriotic Indians and identities of revolution -- Fraternal Indians and republican identities -- Literary Indians and ethnographic objects -- Natural Indians and identities of modernity -- Hobby Indians, authenticity, and race in Cold War America -- Counterculture Indians and the New Age -- The Grateful Dead Indians.

The author explores America's fascination with North American Indian culture from the Boston Tea Party to fraternal societies and literary representations.

0300071116 (cloth: alk. paper) 9780300071115 (cloth: alk. paper) 9780300080674 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0300080670 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Indians of North America--Public opinion.
Indians in popular culture--United States.
Indians of North America--Ethnic identity.
Indians in literature.
Public opinion--United States.


United States--Civilization--Indian influences.

E98.P99 / D45 1998

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