Colonial costuming: representations of playing Indian in photographs, settler Colonialism and the appropriation of native North American culture
This thesis examines the cultural significance of “playing Indian” in photographs: the practice of non-Native peoples dressing up in Native North American costumes and posing for photographs. It addresses photographs made both inside and outside the studio of people playing Indian, during both the l...
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fttorometrofigs:oai:figshare.com:article/14662755 2023-11-12T04:17:12+01:00 Colonial costuming: representations of playing Indian in photographs, settler Colonialism and the appropriation of native North American culture Hikka Ingrid Forster 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.32920/ryerson.14662755.v1 https://figshare.com/articles/thesis/Colonial_costuming_representations_of_playing_Indian_in_photographs_settler_Colonialism_and_the_appropriation_of_native_North_American_culture/14662755 unknown doi:10.32920/ryerson.14662755.v1 https://figshare.com/articles/thesis/Colonial_costuming_representations_of_playing_Indian_in_photographs_settler_Colonialism_and_the_appropriation_of_native_North_American_culture/14662755 In Copyright Indigenous history Photography Indigenous peoples in popular culture Costume -- History -- 19th century Costume -- History -- 20th century Photography -- Social aspects Photography -- Canada -- History -- 19th century Photography -- Canada -- History -- 20th century Costume -- Political aspects Text Thesis 2015 fttorometrofigs https://doi.org/10.32920/ryerson.14662755.v1 2023-10-15T05:48:07Z This thesis examines the cultural significance of “playing Indian” in photographs: the practice of non-Native peoples dressing up in Native North American costumes and posing for photographs. It addresses photographs made both inside and outside the studio of people playing Indian, during both the later part of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and looks at the extent to which these photographs reinforce settler colonial ideology prevalent within white society during this time period. Examples from two collections will be explored, portraits from the Notman photography collection at the McCord museum, which includes examples of white Europeans and North Americans dressing up in Native “costumes” and photographs of children playing Indian in the First Nations collection at the Archive of Modern Conflict Toronto. Themes of masculinity, nation-building, “Canadianness,” and childhood in relation to indigeneity are explored by situating the photographs within their historical and cultural context and subsequently relating them to the already existing theories on playing Indian. Thesis First Nations Research from Toronto Metropolitan University Canada Indian |
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This thesis examines the cultural significance of “playing Indian” in photographs: the practice of non-Native peoples dressing up in Native North American costumes and posing for photographs. It addresses photographs made both inside and outside the studio of people playing Indian, during both the later part of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and looks at the extent to which these photographs reinforce settler colonial ideology prevalent within white society during this time period. Examples from two collections will be explored, portraits from the Notman photography collection at the McCord museum, which includes examples of white Europeans and North Americans dressing up in Native “costumes” and photographs of children playing Indian in the First Nations collection at the Archive of Modern Conflict Toronto. Themes of masculinity, nation-building, “Canadianness,” and childhood in relation to indigeneity are explored by situating the photographs within their historical and cultural context and subsequently relating them to the already existing theories on playing Indian. |
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Colonial costuming: representations of playing Indian in photographs, settler Colonialism and the appropriation of native North American culture |
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Colonial costuming: representations of playing Indian in photographs, settler Colonialism and the appropriation of native North American culture |
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Colonial costuming: representations of playing Indian in photographs, settler Colonialism and the appropriation of native North American culture |
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Colonial costuming: representations of playing Indian in photographs, settler Colonialism and the appropriation of native North American culture |
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Colonial costuming: representations of playing Indian in photographs, settler Colonialism and the appropriation of native North American culture |
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