Performing authentic savagery: National myth-making and indigenous survival at American World's Fairs, 1893-1904

• Main Author: Facknitz, Hannah
• Other Authors: Raymond M. Hyser, Timothy J. Fitzgerald, Steven A. Reich
• Format: Thesis
• Language: unknown
• Published: JMU Scholarly Commons 2018
• Subjects: American Indian; World's Fairs; World's Columbian Exposition; Louisiana Purchase Exposition; Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition; Native American; first nations; American Popular Culture; Social History; United States History; Indian; St. Louis; First Nations
• Online Access: https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/honors201019/537; https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/context/honors201019/article/1603/viewcontent/Final_Compiled_Thesis.pdf

The late nineteenth century in America was a period of intense change, where society took on the project of describing what exactly made America what it was. An important vehicle for this exploration of identity was the world’s fair. This paper analyzes the Chicago World Columbian Exposition of 1893...