Introduction: Of “Santa Fakes” and Other Illusions

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Foreword vii
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Introduction: Of “Santa Fakes” and Other Illusions xv
6. 1 Authenticity and Its Discontents: What Is “Real” Native American Art? 1
7. 2 Cultural Cross-Dressers: A Long History of Imitating Indians 57
8. 3 Replication and Reproduction on the Great Plains of Nostalgia 98
9. 4 The Deliberate Forgery, the Accidental Fake, the Visual Fiction, and the Replica 127
10. 5 Cross-Cultural Replication and Native Revitalization: Techniques of Remembering 171
11. Conclusion: Vexed Identities and the “Destruction of Mimicry” in the Twenty-First Century 215
12. Notes 237
13. Bibliography 287
14. Index 321