| Playing Ourselves: Interpreting Native Histories at Historic Reconstructions Contributor(s): Peers, Laura (Author) |
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ISBN: 075911062X ISBN-13: 9780759110625 Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers OUR PRICE: $52.47 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2007 Annotation: Playing Ourselves explores the ongoing trend for reconstructed historic sites to broaden their interpretation of early America by adding Native American interpreters to staffs that formerly presented from a primarily European perspective, examining the reasons behind this shift and the effects it has on visitors and performers. Peers uses her detailed observations of five historic reconstructions to both examine the theoretical aspects of their cultural performance and advise interpreters and their managers on how to more effectively present the inclusive history to which they aspire. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Native American - History | Reference |
| Dewey: 970.004 |
| LCCN: 2006101547 |
| Series: American Association for State and Local History Books (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.47" W x 8.89" (0.86 lbs) 242 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Across North America, hundreds of reconstructed Oliving historyO sites, which traditionally presented history from a primarily European perspective, have hired Native staff in an attempt to communicate a broader view of the past. Playing Ourselves explores this major shift in representation, using detailed observations of five historic sites in the U.S. and Canada to both discuss the theoretical aspects of Native cultural performance and advise interpreters and their managers on how to more effectively present an inclusive history. Drawing on anthropology, history, cultural performance, cross-cultural encounters, material culture theory, and public history, author Laura Peers examines Oliving historyO sites as locations of cultural performance where core beliefs about society, cross-cultural relationships, and history are performed. In the process, she emphasizes how choices made in the communication of history can both challenge these core beliefs about the past and improve cross-cultural relations in the present. |