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Title: Dancing at Halftime: Sports and the Controversy over American Indian Mascots by Carol Spindel ISBN: 0-8147-8127-6 Publisher: New York University Press Pub. Date: October, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.2 (5 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Subtle,Profound--Extremely well-written
Comment: I'm an alumna of the University of Illinois, and was never very comfortable with the concept of "Chief Illiniwek." But I had no idea the role that Indian sports mascots have had in obscuring and distorting both the history and current status of Native peoples. Spindel's book examines the unique nexus of the history of Native peoples, football, the Big Ten, land grant universities, anthropology, wild west shows and photography, among others. In a careful and quiet way, she weaves these areas together to explore why these "mascots" are so demeaning to us all.
Rating: 4
Summary: Uncovering the truth behind the myth
Comment: During my high school unit on Native American history and culture last fall, I used the Illiniwek issue to show my students the subtleties of racism. I wish at the time I had Spindel's book to drive her best point home: that white America needs its Native American symbols to justify our presence here on this continent and to forget a significant part of our shameful history. We also refuse to acknowledge the issues present day Native Americans face because then we would have to face up to the crimes of our founders. That it why supporters of Chief Illiniwek refuse to listen to the very people they claim to honor.
Rating: 5
Summary: Racist Indian Mascots Exposed
Comment: An excellent analysis of the Indian mascot controversy in general and cheif illiniwek in particular. Very well researched and presented in an interesting and compelling manner.
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Title: Team Spirits: The Native American Mascots Controversy by C. Richard King, Charles Fruehling Springwood, Vine Deloria ISBN: 0803277989 Publisher: Bison Bks Corp Pub. Date: February, 2001 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: African Art in Transit by Christopher B. Steiner ISBN: 0521457521 Publisher: Cambridge University Press Pub. Date: 27 January, 1994 List Price(USD): $30.00 |
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Title: Oceanic Art (World of Art) by Nicholas Thomas ISBN: 0500202818 Publisher: Thames & Hudson Pub. Date: May, 1995 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Beyond the Cheers: Race As Spectacle in College Sport by C. Richard King, Charles Fruehling Springwood ISBN: 0791450066 Publisher: State Univ of New York Pr Pub. Date: June, 2001 List Price(USD): $20.95 |
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Title: Flash of the Spirit : African & Afro-American Art & Philosophy by Robert Farris Thompson ISBN: 0394723694 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 12 August, 1984 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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