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Ho-Chunk powwows and the politics of tradition

Summary: In <i>Ho-Chunk Powwows and the Politics of Tradition</i> Arndt shows that over the past two centuries the dynamism of powwows within Ho-Chunk life has changed greatly, as has the balance of tradition and modernity within community life. His book is a groundbreaking study of powwow culture that investigates how the Ho-Chunk people create cultural value through their public ceremonial performances, the significance that dance culture provides for the acquisition of power and recognition inside and outside their communities, and how the Ho-Chunk people generate concepts of the self and their society through dancing.

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ISBN: 9780803233522 (hardcover)
Physical Description: print
ix, 331 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Publisher: Lincoln, NB : University of Nebraska Press, 2016.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-319) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction: into the arena -- When worlds collide: culture and catastrophe in the nineteenth century -- Gifts and profits: on the origins of the powwow -- "Time works changes, even to the people of the Red races": the rise and fall of the commercial powwow -- Something more than patriotism: war, veterans, and the return of the powwow -- Calling the people together: powwows in the era of nation-rebuilding -- Producing a space for culture: powwows in the early twenty-first century -- Conclusion: experimenting with the expectations of tradition.