Cultural Representation in Native America - (Contemporary Native American Communities) by Andrew Jolivétte (Paperback)

About the Book

An edited volume that tackles the contemporary issues facing Native Americans through community activism, politics, economics, and legislation.

Book Synopsis

An edited volume that tackles the contemporary issues facing Native Americans through community activism, politics, economics, and legislation.

Review Quotes

This welcomed collection shines with new voices from both academics and activists challenging us to rethink popular representations of Indians and the direction of Native American Studies. Andrew Jolivette's innovative and dynamic collection opens up a series of timely conversations that will enliven both a popular audience and animate classroom discussions. It is the definitive contribution to issues of self-representation, self-determination, and contemporary cultural politics within Native America.

This timely collection of essays brings together voices from inside and outside the academy speaking both from personal experience and from critical and analytical positions about the representation of indigenous people in the American imaginary. The book's evocative images and engaging accounts map the past, present, and future terrain of debates and definitions of Native America.

About the Author

Andrew Jolivette teaches in the American Indian studies and in the Ethnic Studies program at San Francisco University.