Contemporary Native American Cultural Issues
Format:Hardback
Publisher:AltaMira Press
Published:20th Jan '99
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
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.
Although there are several anthropological textbooks on Native Americans, a collection discussing contemporary sociological issues for classroom use is sorely missing. Champagne and Johnson are addressing this lack. In their two-volume collection of essays, the editors are providing a broad range of topics facing Native American communities at this time. -- Annette Kuhlmann, (University of Wisconsin, Baraboo) * Journal Of Ethnic History *
These two volumes (with Contemporary Native American Political Issues, ed. Johnson) succeed in conveying the complexity of Native American needs and the cultural context in which they are embedded. -- Niels W. Braroe, (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) * Practicing Anthropology, Vol. 22 No. 3 *
- Winner of 1999 'Writer of the Year' Book Award, Wordcraft Circle of Native American Writers & Storytellers (www.wordcraftcircle.org), 'for demonstrated commitment and significant contributions to the art & craf.
ISBN: 9780761990581
Dimensions: 236mm x 159mm x 29mm
Weight: 603g
328 pages