Native American Adoption, Captivity, and Slavery in Changing Contexts

Native American Adoption, Captivity, and Slavery in Changing Contexts radically rethinks the theoretical parameters through which we interpret both current and past ideas of adoption, captivity, and slavery among Native American societies in an interdisciplinary perspective. The book covers a period of over 800 years of North American history, from Native American archaeological cultures to the late nineteenth century. Individual case studies reframe concepts related to adoption, captivity, and slavery through art, literature, archaeology, and anthropology. In doing so, they highlight the importance of the interaction between perceptions, representations, and lived experience associated with the facts of slavery.

Author: M. Carocci
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 12/15/2011
Pages: 267
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.70w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780230115057

About the Author
MAX CAROCCI Research Fellow in the Centre for Anthropology at the British Museum, UK.
STEPHANIE PRATT Associate Professor of Art History at the University of Plymouth, UK.