Going Native

by Shari M. Huhndorf

Book Overview

Since the 1800's, many European Americans have relied on Native Americans as models for their own national, racial, and gender identities. Displays of this impulse include world's fairs, fraternal organizations, and films such as Dances with Wolves. Shari M. Huhndorf uses cultural artifacts such as these to examine the phenomenon of "going native," showing its complex relations to social crises in the broader American society--including...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801486955
• ISBN13: 9780801486951
• Release Date: February 2001
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

Excellent chapter on Carter's EDUCATION OF LITTLE TREE

The journal reviewer (above) didn't note the excellent chapter on Forrest Carter's THE EDUCATION OF LITTLE TREE. Teachers who use EDUCATION as authentic should know the backstory of Carter and this book. Hundorf's work is informative and can help teachers interested in teaching children to look critically at literature.