Limits of Multiculturalism : Interrogating the Origins of American Anthropology.
In the early nineteenth century, the profession of American anthropology emerged as European Americans began to make a living by studying the "Indian." Less well known are the AmerIndians who, at that time, were writing and publishing ethnographic accounts of their own people. By bringing...
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| Language: | English |
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Minneapolis :
University of Minnesota Press,
1999.
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| Summary: | In the early nineteenth century, the profession of American anthropology emerged as European Americans began to make a living by studying the "Indian." Less well known are the AmerIndians who, at that time, were writing and publishing ethnographic accounts of their own people. By bringing to the fore this literature of autoethnography and revealing its role in the forming of anthropology as we know it, this book searches outand shakesthe foundations of American cultural studies, asserting the importance of the Indian voices to the discipline. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (276 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9780816689750 081668975X |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |