{"product_id":"indianthusiasm-9781771123990","title":"Indianthusiasm","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Dan Strutzel\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Wilfrid Laurier University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Indigenous Studies\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndianthusiasm refers to the European fascination with, and fantasies about, Indigenous peoples of North America, and has its roots in nineteenth-century German colonial imagination. Often manifested in romanticized representations of the past, Indianthusiasm has developed into a veritable industry in Germany and other European nations: there are Western and so-called \"Indian\" theme parks and a German hobbyist scene that attract people of all social backgrounds and ages to join camps and clubs that practise beading, powwow dancing, and Indigenous lifestyles. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eContaining interviews with twelve Indigenous authors, artists, and scholars who comment on the German fascination with North American Indigenous Peoples, \u003ci\u003eIndianthusiasm\u003c\/i\u003e is the first collection to present Indigenous critiques and assessments of this phenomenon. The volume connects two disciplines and strands of scholarship: German Studies and Indigenous Studies, focusing on how Indianthusiam has created both barriers and opportunities for Indigenous peoples with Germans and in Germany.","brand":"Wilfrid Laurier University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45608201388183,"sku":"9781771123990","price":3336.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781771123990.webp?v=1769293955","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/indianthusiasm-9781771123990","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}