Choctaws at the Crossroads: The Political Economy of Class and Culture in the Oklahoma Timber Region - Couverture souple

Faiman-Silva, Sandra

 
9780803269026: Choctaws at the Crossroads: The Political Economy of Class and Culture in the Oklahoma Timber Region
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0803269021 ISBN 13 : 9780803269026
Editeur : University of Nebraska Press, 2000

Synopsis

Choctaws at the Crossroads examines the political economy of the Choctaws at the end of the twentieth century. Forcibly relocated in the 1830s from the lower Mississippi Valley to the southeastern corner of Indian Territory, the Choctaws today are a dynamic and complex rural ethnic community in Oklahoma. Many work as nonunionized laborers for large corporations, yet they seek to maintain some aspects of their traditional way of life. Combining fieldwork and archival research, Sandra Faiman-Silva uncovers the processes by which the local economic and social practices of the Choctaws have become intertwined with and, in some respects, dependent on corporate and global economic forces. Low wages and often temporary work force the Choctaws to supplement their income through tribal economic assistance and through traditional practices of horticulture, fishing, craft production, canning, and residence sharing. Faiman-Silva finds a troubling paradox in this strategy. Such traditional economic activities are central to Choctaw identity and way of life and are outside the non-Indian controlled, capitalist system; at the same time, these practices help sustain the power and profits of corporations. This sensitive and theoretically informed study makes an important contribution to understanding the historic, economic, and social conditions of contemporary Native Americas.

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À propos de l'auteur

Sandra Faiman-Silva is a professor of anthropology at Bridgewater State College in Massachusetts.

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Éditeur
University of Nebraska Press
Date d'édition
2000
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0803269021
ISBN 13 
9780803269026
Reliure
Broché
Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
285
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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9780803220010: Choctaws at the Crossroads: The Political Economy of Class and Culture in the Oklahoma Timber Region

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0803220014 ISBN 13 :  9780803220010
Editeur : University of Nebraska Press, 1997
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