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Natives and Academics: Researching and Writing about American Indians
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by Devon Abbott Mihesuah
Sales Rank: 405531
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Features
Cover Type: Paperback with 213 pages
Published by: University of Nebraska Press April 1, 1998
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 0803282435
ISBN 13 Number: 978-0803282438
Book Dimensions:
8 x 5.3 x 0.7 inches
Weighs: 10.4 ounces
Product Review
"The essays are spirited and refreshing in bringing out key issues concerning the study and the marketing of American Indian culture and history."-Multicultural Review (Multicultural Review )
"Provocative, clear, and forceful."-Western Historical Quarterly (Western Historical Quarterly )
"The joy of this book is that Indians speak for themselves, and speak very well indeed!"-Book Talk: New Mexico Book League (Book Talk: New Mexico Book League )
Product Description
Ten leading Native scholars examine the state of scholarly research and writing on Native Americans. Their distinctive perspectives and telling arguments lend clarity to the heated debate about the purpose and direction of Native American scholarship.
All too frequently, Native Americans have little control over how they and their ancestors are researched and depicted in scholarly writings. The relationship between Native peoples and the academic community has become especially rocky in recent years. Both groups are grappling with troubling questions about research ethics, methodology, and theory in the field and in the classroom.
In this timely and illuminating anthology, ten leading Native scholars examine the state of scholarly research and writing on Native Americans. They offer distinctive, frequently self-critical perspectives on several important issues: the representativeness of Native informants, the merits of various methods of data collection, the veracity and role of oral histories, the suitability of certain genres of scholarly writing for the study of Native Americans, the marketing of Native culture and history, and debates about cultural essentialism. Some contributors propose alternative forms of scholarship. Special attention is also given to the experiences, responsibilities, and challenges facing Native academics themselves.
With lively prose and telling arguments, Natives and Academics lends clarity to the heated debate about the purpose and direction of Native American scholarship.
Reader Reviews
Professor Mihesuah does an excellent job, as writer and editor, promoting a new model for American Indian studies, one more cognizant that the scientific/historical assumptions of the academy are themselves culturally loaded against a just understanding and representation of American Indians. Personally, I think this is true of much modern culture as well; one reason academics have such a hard time figuring out what to do with (and how to talk about) rock and roll, for instance, is that it doesn't quite fit the categories western civilization has developed so far. This is a fine collection of essays, one that should be required reading for all PhD candidates in the humanities.
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