Research Catalog

Title

Legible sovereignties : rhetoric, representations, and Native American museums / Lisa King.

Author

King, Lisa (Lisa Michelle)

Publication

• Corvalis, OR : Oregon State University Press, 2017.
• ©2017

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Description

xii, 192 pages; 23 cm

Summary

"An interdisciplinary work that draws on the fields of rhetorical studies, Native American and Indigenous studies, and museum studies, Legible Sovereignties considers the creation, critical reception, and adaptation of Indigenous self-representation in three diverse Indigenously oriented or owned institutions. King tracks the exhibit spaces at the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan's Ziibiwing Center, Haskell Indian Nation University's Cultural Center and Museum, and the Smithsonian's Washington, DC branch of the National Museum of the American Indian over their first ten years, from their opening until the summer of 2014. Far from formulaic, each site has developed its own rhetorical approaches to reaching its public, revealing multiple challenges and successes in making Native self-representation legible and accessible. Through documentation and analysis of the inaugural exhibits and recent installations, interviews with curators and staff, and investigation into audience reception of these spaces, Legible Sovereignties argues that there can be no single blanket solution for effective Indigenous self-representation. Instead, Legible Sovereignties demonstrates the nuanced ways in which each site must balance its rhetorical goals and its audience's needs, as well as its material constraints and opportunities, in order to reach its visitors and have Indigenous voices heard"--

Uniform Title

Project Muse UPCC books.

Subject

• Indians of North America > Museums > Case studies
• Rhetoric > Social aspects
• LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Rhetoric
• ART / Museum Studies
• ART / Native American
• Indians of North America > Museums
• Rhetoric > Social aspects

Genre/Form

Case studies

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction: Rhetoric, sovereignty, and legibility in Native museums -- Protecting the knowledge, nurturing the community: The Ziibiwing Center of Anishinabe Culture & Lifeways -- Confronting history, celebrating the present: Haskell Cultural Center and Museum -- Challenging perception, educating a non-Native public: The National Museum of the American Indian -- Conclusion: openings for legible sovereignties.

ISBN

• 9780870719127
• 0870719122

LCCN

^^2017024580

OCLC

983824267

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library