TY - BOOK ID - 77887683 TI - Native acts AU - Bellin, Joshua David AU - Mielke, Laura L PY - 2011 SN - 1280497815 9786613593047 0803239890 9780803239890 9780803226326 0803226322 9781280497810 6613593044 PB - Lincoln [Neb.] University of Nebraska Press DB - UniCat KW - Public opinion KW - American literature KW - Indians in literature. KW - Indians of North America KW - Indians in popular culture. KW - English literature KW - Agrarians (Group of writers) KW - Indians of Central America in literature KW - Indians of Mexico in literature KW - Indians of North America in literature KW - Indians of South America in literature KW - Indians of the West Indies in literature KW - Popular culture KW - Indian literature (American) KW - White authors. KW - Indian authors. KW - History. KW - Public opinion. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77887683 AB - Long before the Boston Tea Party, where colonists staged a revolutionary act by masquerading as Indians, people looked to Native Americans for the symbols, imagery, and acts that showed what it meant to be "American." And for just as long, observers have largely overlooked the role that Native peoples themselves played in creating and enacting the Indian performances appropriated by European Americans. It is precisely this neglected notion of Native Americans "playing Indian" that Native Acts explores. These essays-by historians, literary critics, anthropologists, and folklorists-provide the f ER -