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Custer on Canvas : Representing Indians, Memory, and Violence in the New West.
Title:
Custer on Canvas : Representing Indians, Memory, and Violence in the New West.
Author:
Denzin, Norman K.
ISBN:
9781611327984
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (297 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Dramatis Personae -- Chapter One - A Good Day to Die: The Battle of Many Names -- Chapter Two - Whose Last Stand? The Early Paintings -- Chapter Three - Whose Custer? -- Chapter Four - Killing Custer -- Chapter Five - Here Fell Custer: An Autoethnography of a Painting -- Chapter Six - Custer's Last Rally -- Chapter Seven - The Last Stand -- Appendix A - Timeline: The Plains Indian Wars (1860-1890) and the Battle of Many Names (1876) -- Appendix B - Timeline: Paintings of the Battle of Many Names -- Appendix C - Timeline: William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody -- Notes -- List of Plates and Credits -- References -- Index -- About the Author -- Section of color plates.
Abstract:
The 1876 events known as Custer's Last Stand, Battle of Little Big Horn, or Battle of Greasy Grass have been represented over 1000 times in various artistic media, from paintings to sculpture to fast food giveaways. Norman Denzin shows how these representations demonstrate the changing perceptions-often racist-of Native America by the majority culture, juxtaposed against very different readings shown in works composed by Native American artists. Consisting of autobiographical reminiscences, historical description, artistic representations, staged readings, and snippets of documents, this multilayered performance ethnography examines questions of memory, race, and violence against Native America, as symbolized by the changing interpretations of General Custer and his final battle.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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