Playing Ourselves - 9780759110618
Un libro in lingua di Laura Peers edito da Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc, 2007
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Across North America, hundreds of reconstructed "living history" sites, which traditionally presented history from a primarily European perspective, have hired Native staff in an attempt to communicate a broader view of the past. Playing Ourselves explores this major shift in representation, using detailed observations of five historic sites in the United States and Canada to both discuss the theoretical aspects of Native cultural performance and advise interpreters and their managers on how to more effectively present an inclusive history.
Drawing on anthropology, history, cultural performance, cross-cultural encounters, material culture theory, and public history, author Laura Peers examines "living history" sites as locations of cultural performance where core beliefs about society, cross-cultural relationships, and history are performed. In the process, she emphasizes how choices made in the communication of history can both challenge these core beliefs about the past and improve cross-cultural relations in the present.
Informazioni bibliografiche
- Titolo del Libro in lingua: Playing Ourselves
- Sottotitolo: Interpreting Native Histories at Historic Reconstructions
- Lingua: English
- Autore: Laura Peers
- Editore: Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc
- Collana: Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc (Hardcover)
- Data di Pubblicazione: 28 Gennaio '07
- Genere: SOCIAL SCIENCE
- Argomenti : Indians of North America Museums Historic sites Interpretive programs North America Intercultural communication
- Pagine: 206
- Dimensioni mm: 234 x 158 x 19
- ISBN-10: 0759110611
- EAN-13: 9780759110618