Public Indians, Private Cherokees - Tourism and Tradition on Tribal Ground

Informationen zum Autor Christina Taylor Beard-Moose is assistant professor of Anthropology and Sociology at Suffolk County Community College, Ammerman Campus, in Selden, New York. Zusammenfassung A major economic industry among American Indian tribes is the public promotion and display of aspects of their cultural heritage in a wide range of tourist venues. Comparing the experiences of the Cherokee with the Florida Seminoles and Southwestern tribes! this work brings into focus the fine line between promoting and selling Indian culture.

Product details

• Authors: Christina Taylor Beard-Moose
• Publisher: The University of Alabama Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.01.2009
• EAN: 9780817355135
• ISBN: 978-0-8173-5513-5
• No. of pages: 185
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Contemporary American Indian S; Contemporary American Indian Studies; Contemporary American Indian S; Contemporary American Indian Studies
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Individual industrial sectors, branches