Clearing a Path - Theorizing the Past in Native American Studies

First Published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

List of contents

Introduction by Nancy ShoemakerStoriesChapter 1. Oral History, Narrative Strategies and Native American Historiography: Perspectives from the Yukon Territory, Canada by Julie CruikshankChapter 2. The Story of America: A Tribalography by LeAnne Howe Categories of AnalysisChapter 3. Categories by Nancy ShoemakerChapter 4. Some Women are Wiser Than Some Men: Gender and Native American History by Gunlog Fur Political EconomyChapter 5. Marxism and Historical Materialism in American Indian History byPatricia C. AlbersChapter 6. Primary Sources: Indian Goods and the History of American Colonialism and the Nineteenth-Century Reservation by Jacki Thompson Rand Tribal Histories, Indigenous HistoriesChapter 7. Keep Your Thoughts Above the Trees: Ideas on Developing and Presenting Tribal Histories by Craig HoweChapter 8. Life Proceeds From the Name: Indigenous Peoples and the Predicament of Hybridity by James F. Brooks Notes on ContributorsIndex

About the author

Nancy Shoemaker, Associate Professor of History at the University of Connecticut, is the editor of Negotiatorsof Change: Historical Perspectives on Native AmericanWomen and the author of American Indian PopulationRecovery in the Twentieth Century.

Summary

Bringing together many important scholars in the field, this volume draws on cultural studies and anthropology to put methodological concerns first. It looks at gender, race, material culture, comparative global perspecticves and linguistic analysis to make it a comprehensive reference tool.

Product details

• Authors: Nancy Shoemaker, Shoemaker Nancy
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.10.2001
• EAN: 9780415926744
• ISBN: 978-0-415-92674-4
• No. of pages: 224
• Weight: 476 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); History: theory & methods, HISTORY / General, North America, Relating to indigenous peoples, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, History of the Americas, History: theory and methods, HISTORY / Indigenous / General