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.
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.