| Contemporary Native American Cultural Issues Contributor(s): Champagne, Duane (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0761990585 ISBN-13: 9780761990581 Publisher: Altamira Press OUR PRICE: $136.62 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 1999 Annotation: While Native American communities remain culturally innovative and continue to struggle for survival, researchers, teachers, and students lack texts that both represent the breadth of contemporary experiences and look toward the future. Editor Duane Champagne has assembled a volume of top scholarship reflecting the complexity and diversity of Native American cultural life. Section introductions provide background and analyses of the issues. Informative and critical studies offer experiences and perspectives from a variety of Native settings. This book and its companion volume, Contemporary Native American Political Issues, edited by Troy R. Johnson, are ideal teaching tools and resources for anyone working in or with Native communities. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - Native American Studies - Political Science - Social Science | Anthropology - General |
| Dewey: 305.897 |
| LCCN: 98040178 |
| Series: Contemporary Native American Communities |
| Physical Information: 1.16" H x 6.28" W x 9.26" (1.36 lbs) 328 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Native American |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Duane Champagne has assembled a volume of top scholarship reflecting the complexity and diversity of Native American cultural life. Introductions to each topical section provide background and integrated analyses of the issues at hand. The informative and critical studies that follow offer experiences and perspectives from a variety of Native settings. Topics include identity, gender, the powwow, mass media, health and environmental issues. This book and its companion volume, Contemporary Native American Political Issues, edited by Troy R. Johnson, are ideal teaching tools for instructors in Native American studies, ethnic studies, and anthropology, and important resources for anyone working in or with Native communities. |