The Heartland Chronicles
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- Synopsis
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A tale of Indians and whites living together in a small Iowa community. The Heartland Chronicles is also about an anthropologist returning to his hometown and boyhood memories.
More than simply a study of racial injustice. Douglas E. Foley's multi-layered historical account incorporates the perspectives of both the white and Mesquaki Indian groups. Foley has created this historical context by exploring his own memories and those of his Indian and white informants, by reading five decades of local newspapers, and by examining the fieldnotes of thirty-five anthropologists who worked among the Mesquakis from 1948 to 1959. (During this period the University of Chicago's Department of Anthropology had a field school on the Mesquaki settlement.) His research results in a complex portrayal of the double structuring of perceptions of people on opposite sides of a cultural border.
This study depicts how ethnic and racial boundaries are produced narratively through mutual misrecognition. Like most Native Americans, the Mesquakis have survived numerous popular and academic misrepresentations of their culture. In response, a post-World War II generation of "progressive-traditionalist" tribal leaders have maintained their sacred religious traditions and have produced a variety of anti-assimilationist literary and artistic productions. Ultimately, their ongoing civil rights struggle and new gambling casino have helped the tribe attain greater economic and political autonomy. As a result, the Mesquakis now stand on the precipice of modernity and a capitalist consumer culture.
- Copyright:
- 1995
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 244 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780812233261
- Publisher:
- N/A
- Date of Addition:
- 11/13/06
- Copyrighted By:
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Social Studies, Sociology
- Submitted By:
- University of Arkansas
- Proofread By:
- Amber W
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.