Contesting Constructed Indian-ness

The Intersection of the Frontier, Masculinity, and Whiteness in Native American Mascot Representations

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Michael Taylor

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Native American sports team mascots represent a contemporary problem for modern Native American people. The ideas embedded in the mascot representations, however, are as old as the ideas constructed about the Indian since contact between the peoples of Western and the Eastern hemispheres. Such ideas conceived about Native Americans go hand-in-hand with the machinations of colonialism and conquest of these people. This research looks at how such ideas inform the construction of identity of white males from historic experiences with Native Americans. Notions of “playing Indian” and of “going Native” are precipitated from these historic contexts such that in the contemporary sense of considering Native Americans, popular culture ideas dress Native Americans in feathers and buckskin in order to satisfy stereotypic expectations of Indian-ness.

Author Biography:

Michael Taylor, PhD, has been researching racialized mascots and the ways in which the creators of these representations seek a connection to a desirable, idealized Indianness. Taylor’s work on mascot imagery consists of case studies of educational institutions that are invested in such iconography. He currently holds a joint-appointment in anthropology and Native American studies at Colgate University and is a member of the Seneca Nation of Indians (SNI), a tribal community located in southwestern New York State.

Release date Australia

May 16th, 2013

Author

Michael Taylor

Audience

Professional & Vocational

Pages

154

Dimensions

160x235x18

ISBN-13

9780739178645

Product ID

21250119

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