Kindred by Choice

Kindred by Choice
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Publisher : UNC Press Books
Total Pages : 393
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ISBN-10 : 9781469607658
ISBN-13 : 1469607654
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Book Synopsis Kindred by Choice by : H. Glenn Penny

Download or read book Kindred by Choice written by H. Glenn Penny and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2013-08-12 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do we explain the persistent preoccupation with American Indians in Germany and the staggering numbers of Germans one encounters as visitors to Indian country? As H. Glenn Penny demonstrates, that preoccupation is rooted in an affinity for American Indians that has permeated German cultures for two centuries. This affinity stems directly from German polycentrism, notions of tribalism, a devotion to resistance, a longing for freedom, and a melancholy sense of shared fate. Locating the origins of the fascination for Indian life in the transatlantic world of German cultures in the nineteenth century, Penny explores German settler colonialism in the American Midwest, the rise and fall of German America, and the transnational worlds of American Indian performers. As he traces this phenomenon through the twentieth century, Penny engages debates about race, masculinity, comparative genocides, and American Indians' reactions to Germans' interests in them. He also assesses what persists of the affinity across the political ruptures of modern German history and challenges readers to rethink how cultural history is made.


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