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Presents essays that explore the theoretical, material, social, cultural, and political impacts of celebrity on and for Indigenous people. The book questions and critiques the whitestream concept of celebrity and the very juxtaposition of ‘Indigenous’ and ‘celebrity’ and casts a critical lens on celebrity culture's impact on Indigenous people.

Table of Contents
  • Introduction - Indigeneity, Celebrity, and Fame: Accounting for Colonialism
  • Chapter. 1 Mino-Waawiindaganeziwin: What Does Indigenous Celebrity Mean within Anishinaabeg Contexts?
  • Chapter 2 Empowering Voices from the Past: The Playing Experiences of Retired Pasifika Rugby League Athletes in Australia
  • Chapter 3 My Mom, The 'Military Mohawk Princess': kahntinetha Horn through the lens of Indigenous female celebrity
  • Chapter 4 Indigenous activism and celebrity: negotiating access, expectation, and obligation
  • Chapter 5 Rags-to-Riches and Other Fairytales: Indigenous Celebrity in Australia 1950-1980
  • Chapter 6 'Pretty Boy' Trudeau vs. the 'Algonquin Agitator': Hitting the Ropes of Canadian Colonialist Masculinities
  • Chapter 7 Famous 'Last' Speakers: Celebrity and Erasure in Media Coverage of Indigenous Language Endangerment
  • Chapter 8 Celebrity in Absentia: situating the Indigenous of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the Indian social imaginary
  • Chapter 9 Marvin Rainwater and the Pale Faced Indian: How Cover Songs Appropriated a Story of Cultural Appropriation
  • Chapter 10 Collectivity as Indigenous Anti-Celebrity: Global Indigeneity and the Indigenous Rights Movement
  • Chapter 11 Makings, Meanings, and Recognitions: The Stuff of Anishinaabe Stars

    Indigenous Celebrity Entanglements with Fame

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      Publisher: University of Manitoba Press
      Publication Date: 30/04/2021
      ISBN13: 9780887559068, 978-0887559068
      ISBN10: 0887559069
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Presents essays that explore the theoretical, material, social, cultural, and political impacts of celebrity on and for Indigenous people. The book questions and critiques the whitestream concept of celebrity and the very juxtaposition of ‘Indigenous’ and ‘celebrity’ and casts a critical lens on celebrity culture's impact on Indigenous people.

      Table of Contents
      • Introduction - Indigeneity, Celebrity, and Fame: Accounting for Colonialism
      • Chapter. 1 Mino-Waawiindaganeziwin: What Does Indigenous Celebrity Mean within Anishinaabeg Contexts?
      • Chapter 2 Empowering Voices from the Past: The Playing Experiences of Retired Pasifika Rugby League Athletes in Australia
      • Chapter 3 My Mom, The 'Military Mohawk Princess': kahntinetha Horn through the lens of Indigenous female celebrity
      • Chapter 4 Indigenous activism and celebrity: negotiating access, expectation, and obligation
      • Chapter 5 Rags-to-Riches and Other Fairytales: Indigenous Celebrity in Australia 1950-1980
      • Chapter 6 'Pretty Boy' Trudeau vs. the 'Algonquin Agitator': Hitting the Ropes of Canadian Colonialist Masculinities
      • Chapter 7 Famous 'Last' Speakers: Celebrity and Erasure in Media Coverage of Indigenous Language Endangerment
      • Chapter 8 Celebrity in Absentia: situating the Indigenous of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the Indian social imaginary
      • Chapter 9 Marvin Rainwater and the Pale Faced Indian: How Cover Songs Appropriated a Story of Cultural Appropriation
      • Chapter 10 Collectivity as Indigenous Anti-Celebrity: Global Indigeneity and the Indigenous Rights Movement
      • Chapter 11 Makings, Meanings, and Recognitions: The Stuff of Anishinaabe Stars

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