Going Native

Author : Stephen Wright
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 0316427349
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Going Native written by Stephen Wright and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2020-01-07 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A dutiful husband and father walks out of his life and into a road trip from hell in a novel Toni Morrison calls "astonishing" and Don Delillo proclaims "a slasher classic . . . strange, dark, and funny." Wylie Jones has a happy marriage, beautiful children, and backyard barbecues in his tastefully decorated suburban house. One night he follows a sudden impulse, leaves his wife in bed, and commandeers his neighbor's emerald-green Ford Galaxy 500, driving away without a second look. He sheds all traces of his old life in favor of a new name and a new life and drives from town to town, following his deepest impulses where they lead. By turns scathing and hilarious, Stephen Wright's outrageous rollercoaster of sex and violence probes the nihilistic and savage core of the American identity.

Author : Shari M. Huhndorf
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 0801454433
Total Pages : 237 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Going Native written by Shari M. Huhndorf and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2015-01-26 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the 1800's, many European Americans have relied on Native Americans as models for their own national, racial, and gender identities. Displays of this impulse include world's fairs, fraternal organizations, and films such as Dances with Wolves. Shari M. Huhndorf uses cultural artifacts such as these to examine the phenomenon of "going native," showing its complex relations to social crises in the broader American society—including those posed by the rise of industrial capitalism, the completion of the military conquest of Native America, and feminist and civil rights activism. Huhndorf looks at several modern cultural manifestations of the desire of European Americans to emulate Native Americans. Some are quite pervasive, as is clear from the continuing, if controversial, existence of fraternal organizations for young and old which rely upon "Indian" costumes and rituals. Another fascinating example is the process by which Arctic travelers "went Eskimo," as Huhndorf describes in her readings of Robert Flaherty's travel narrative, My Eskimo Friends, and his documentary film, Nanook of the North. Huhndorf asserts that European Americans' appropriation of Native identities is not a thing of the past, and she takes a skeptical look at the "tribes" beloved of New Age devotees. Going Native shows how even seemingly harmless images of Native Americans can articulate and reinforce a range of power relations including slavery, patriarchy, and the continued oppression of Native Americans. Huhndorf reconsiders the cultural importance and political implications of the history of the impersonation of Indian identity in light of continuing debates over race, gender, and colonialism in American culture.

Author : Carolyn Harstad
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Go Native! written by Carolyn Harstad and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Simple question-and-answer format explains methods of planning, preparation and planting native plants and wildflowers that thrive naturally in the Lower Midwest and require less watering and preserve the ecosystem. 64 photos, 125 illustrations. 336 p.

Author : Dagmar Wernitznig
Publisher : University Press of America
ISBN 13 : 9780761824954
Total Pages : 150 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Going Native Or Going Naive? written by Dagmar Wernitznig and published by University Press of America. This book was released on 2003 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Going Native or Going Naïve? is a critical analysis of an esoteric-Indian movement, called white shamanism. This movement, originating from the 1980's New Age boom, redefines the phenomenon of playing Indian. For white shamans and their followers, Indianness turns into a signifier for cultural cloning. By generating a neo-primitivistic bias, white shamanism utilizes esoteric reconceptualizations of ethnicity and identity. In Going Native or Going Naïve?, a retrospective view on psychohistorical and sociopolitical implications of Indianness and (ig)noble savage metaphors should clarify the prefix neo within postmodern adaptations of primitivism. The appropriation of an Indian simulacrum by white shamans as well as white shamanic disciplines connotes a subtle, yet hazardous form of ethnocentrism. Transcending mere market trends and profit margins, white shamanism epitomizes synthetic/cybernetic acculturations. Through investigating the white shamanic matrix, Going Native or Going Naïve? is intended to make these synthesizing processes more transparent.

Author : Debbie Jenkins
Publisher : NativeSpain.com
ISBN 13 : 1908770007
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Going Native in Murcia written by Debbie Jenkins and published by NativeSpain.com. This book was released on 2012 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: EVERYTHING YOU EVER WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT THE MURCIA REGION! Full of useful tips straight from a British couple who now call this region their home. Let Debbie and Marcus be your guides as they share their love for Murcia, its people and its surrounds with intimate details, personal stories and hot tips for visitors, home buyers and new natives alike. This third edition has been carefully revised and is packed full of 300% more information including all town guides and selected maps. Going Native in Murcia - the most comprehensive guide in print - is now even better.

Author : Mark Owen Chapman
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 0595911935
Total Pages : 413 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Scout Squad: Going Native written by Mark Owen Chapman and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2009-01-29 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After being born genetically altered, Willy spent his whole life on the outside of society, working harder to be the best scout in the United World Councils military. While deployed to scout a new world, he and his twin sister, Sydni, encounter humans with the same genetic alteration as Willy; they discover a plot by unscrupulous politicians to have them removed from their homeland. Willy and Sydni will stop at nothing to ensure their safety.

Author : Simon Harris
Publisher : Cabal Group Limited
ISBN 13 : 9781909193123
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Going Native in Catalonia written by Simon Harris and published by Cabal Group Limited. This book was released on 2012-09 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you're planning to stay in Catalonia and want the most authentic experience you can get then it pays to be prepared. Much more than a tourist guide, listing the usual attractions for the casual tourist, Going Native in Catalonia digs deep beneath this nation's psyche to give you a warts-and-all induction into the Catalan way of life. Inside you will discover: - why Catalonia is not just another part of Spain - the quirks of the Catalan people and language - a brief history of Catalonia and its politics - intimate guided tours of key towns and cities - advice for short, long and medium term stays - personal photographs from the author's travels - Catalan culture, art, style and partying - witty anecdotes and interesting facts to share - the inside scoop on Catalonia's culinary delights - tips on 'going native' yourself and living there - much, much more... 'Going Native' guides are written with a rare type of traveller in mind... longer term visitors who want to become a true part of their new home. So, whether your stay is a month or a lifetime this guide will give you everything the tourist travel guides won't.

Author : Stephen Wright
Publisher : Little, Brown
ISBN 13 : 0316427357
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book M31 written by Stephen Wright and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2020-01-07 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A "beautiful and terrifying" novel about family, faith, and the search for home (San Francisco Chronicle), set amidst a community of UFO cultists in middlest America. As regular guests on late-night radio shows, Dash and Dot are the world's most in-demand lecturers on the topic of UFOs and alien abduction. They believe that we are all descended from M31, the nearest galaxy to ours, and divide their time between life on the road and a decommissioned church in the Midwest. A radar dish on its steeple and a spaceship in its sanctuary complete the modern nuclear-family setting. When a couple of UFO groupies arrive at the church with their own agenda, everything changes, brought to a head by their strange beliefs and the timeless difficulties of modern life. Dash and Dot set out on their last trip, their ultimate journey, with a destination that no one could foretell. Written with a fevered vividness and immediacy, M31: A Family Romance has been hailed as "a devastatingly forceful accomplishment" from "a star of the first magnitude" (the Washington Post).

Author : Ian F. Spellerberg
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781877257131
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Going Native written by Ian F. Spellerberg and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever wondered how best to incorporate New Zealand native plants into your garden? Or how to re-create a patch of native bush? This book is a rich compendium of ideas, describing the many and varied practical uses of New Zealand native plants. With contributions from gardening experts to moving accounts from school children, this is a book by New Zealanders for New Zealand. If you are wondering which New Zealand native plants are frost-tender, which prefer coastal sites or which are tall-growing species, there is an extensive A-Z glossary to guide you. Advice on landscaping with natives and on cultivating from seed or cuttings is presented in richly illustrated chapters. This book will help ensure there is a better future for our rich and diverse flora.

Author : Alan Branhagen
Publisher : Timber Press
ISBN 13 : 1604699922
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Midwest Native Plant Primer written by Alan Branhagen and published by Timber Press. This book was released on 2020-07-21 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bring your garden to life—and life to your garden! Do you want a garden that makes a real difference? Choose plants native to our Midwest region. The rewards will benefit you, your yard, and the environment—from reducing maintenance tasks to attracting earth-friendly pollinators such as native birds, butterflies, and bees. Native plant expert Alan Branhagen makes adding these superstar plants easier than ever before, with proven advice that every home gardener can follow. This incomparable sourcebook includes 225 recommended native ferns, grasses, wildflowers, perennials, vines, shrubs, and trees. It’s everything you need to know to create a beautiful and beneficial garden. This must-have handbook is for gardeners in Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.