- Hardcover: 238 pages
- Publisher: State University of New York Press (1997)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0791434532
- ISBN-13: 978-0791434536
- Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 15.5 x 2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 499 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,926,226 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Critical, Reflexive scholarship, Sep 18 2010
By PJ Nelson - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Weaving ourselves into the land: Charles Godfrey Leland, "Indians," and the study of Native American religions (Paperback)
Parkhill offers a fascinating study of how religious culture is appropriated and used by those outside the group. He traces a popularly disseminated "Indian" story and shows how it was altered over time by reporters, anthropologists, and even by some Indians themselves. Some changed it so it would be "suitable for children" and some added pieces they thought were appropriate, and others had connections with other cultures they wanted highlighted.Through all this the "Indian" stereotype looms large. Parkhill shows its usefulness to those "Place-less" whites who are searching for a way to religiously reconnect themselves to the land (what he calls "geopiety.") Or conversely, those who want to justify the dominance of aboriginal peoples. Dominant culture's passion for primitivism is given a helpful context and critique.
This book is fairly short but punchy and reads like a mystery novel in many ways. It would be a good introduction to "Indian" studies.
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