Gambling on Authenticity

Gaming, the Noble Savage, and the Not-So-New Indian

Häftad, Engelska, 2017

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In the decades since the passing of the Pamajewon ruling in Canada and the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act in the United States, gaming has come to play a crucial role in how Indigenous peoples are represented and read by both Indians and non-Indians alike. This collection presents a transnational examination of North American gaming and considers the role Indigenous artists and scholars play in producing depictions of Indigenous gambling. In an effort to offer a more complete and nuanced picture of Indigenous gaming in terms of sign and strategy than currently exists in academia or the general public, Gambling on Authenticity crosses both disciplinary and geographic boundaries. The case studies presented offer a historically and politically nuanced analysis of gaming that collectively creates an interdisciplinary reading of gaming informed by both the social sciences and the humanities. A great tool for the classroom, Gambling on Authenticity works to illuminate the not-so-new Indian being formed in the public's consciousness by and through gaming.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2017-11-01
Mått152 x 229 x undefined mm
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieAmerican Indian Studies
Antal sidor191
FörlagMichigan State University Press
ISBN9781611862560

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Becca Gercken is an Associate Professor of English and American Indian Studies at the University of Minnesota, Morris. She has published in the areas of identity and representation, masculinities, and pedagogy. Her most recent work appears in Leslie Marmon Silko: Ceremony, Almanac of the Dead, Gardens in the Dunes.Julie Pelletier is an Associate Professor of Indigenous Studies at the University of Winnipeg. She has published in the areas of identity and representation, and the indigenization of the academy. Her most recent work is Insider/Outsider Ambiguities and the Canadian Museum for Human Rights.

Contents Foreword / LeAnne Howe Introduction / Becca Gercken Pan-tribal Nationalist Fantasy / Scott Andrews Columbus Day 2092 / Scott Andrews Raised Stakes: Writing on/and the New Game of Chance / Becca Gercken An Interview with Jim Denomie / Heid E. Erdrich The Noble Savage as Entrepreneur: Indian Gaming Success / Julie Pelletier (Re)Imagining First Nations Casinos: A Necessary Response to Ensure Economic Development / Yale D. Belanger Casinos, Culture, and Cash: How Gambling Has Afffected Minnesota Tribal Nations / Caroline Laurent “It’s a Question of Fairness”: Fee-to-Trust and Opposition to Haudenosaunee Land Rights and Economic Development / Meghan Y. McCune Masking Anishinaabe Bimaadiziwin: Uncovering Cultural Representation at Casino Rama / Darrel Manitowabi About the Contributors

“Gambling on Authenticity is a timely, informative, and readable collection of essays showing that Indian gaming involves so much more than economic development or politics. The collection as a whole offers a fascinating look at how casinos and gaming are linked to important concerns of Indian land claims, sovereignty, identity, and authenticity.”—Nancy J. Peterson, Professor of English and American Studies, Purdue University, and author of Against Amnesia: Contemporary Women Writers and the Crises of Historical Memory