Medicine Bundle: Indian Sacred Performance and American Literature, 1824-1932

Joshua David Bellin

Published by University of Pennsylvania Press 2008

Medicine Bundle

Indian Sacred Performance and American Literature, 1824-1932

Joshua David Bellin

https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812292343

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About this book

Joshua David Bellin examines the complex issues surrounding Indian sacred performance in its manifold and intimate relationships with texts and images by both Indians and whites.

Author / Editor information

Joshua David Bellin is a member of the faculty of La Roche College and the author of The Demon of the Continent: Indians and the Shaping of American Literature, also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press.

Reviews

"An excellent book about the way in which performance constitutes (rather than merely reflects) cultural differences between and among Native American and Anglo-American peoples."—Joseph Roach, Yale University

"Bellin's important book challenges readers to rethink questions of colonization and acculturation. . . . Highly recommended. "—Choice

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter 1. George Catlin, Te-ho-pe-nee Wash-ee Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	21
Chapter 2. Being and Becoming “Indian” Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	78
Chapter 3. The Acts of the Prophets Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	133
Conclusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	193
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	197
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	223
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	251
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	263

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Language: English
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 272
Keywords: Literature; Native American Studies; Cultural Studies; Cultural Studies; American History; American Studies

eBook

Published: February 26, 2015
ISBN: 9780812292343