{"product_id":"indianthusiasm-indigenous-responses-9781771123990","title":"Indianthusiasm: Indigenous Responses","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\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. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOften 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\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHartmut Lutz taught North American Studies in Germany, specializing in Indigenous literatures. He won awards and professorships in North America and Europe. His publications include Contemporary Challenges: Conversations with Canadian Native Authors (1991), The Diary of Abraham Ulrikab (2005) and Contemporary Achievements (2015).Florentine Strzelczyk serves as Deputy Provost of the University of Calgary. She holds a PhD from UBC (1996). Her work has appeared in journals such as Modernism\/Modernity; German Quarterly; German Studies Review; Seminar; and Quarterly Review for Film \u0026amp; Video.Renae Watchman (Navajo) is originally from Shiprock, NM. She is an associate professor of English, cross-appointed with Indigenous Studies at Mount Royal University in Calgary. She is also a co-director of Academic Indigenization.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Wilfrid Laurier University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50873968886034,"sku":"9781771123990","price":35.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_1e4d17fc-2076-4418-9269-160285c416a5.jpg?v=1737977021","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/indianthusiasm-indigenous-responses-9781771123990","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}