Representing the Fashion of Our Nineteenth Century Cherokee Ancestor

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(118 118 118 1)>Who has the right to represent history who has a story that is considered worth telling and what does that mean for our culture as a whole right now?</strong></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(118 118 118 1)>Drawing directly from their own family's history authors Lara Neel and Lisa Neel critique the misrepresentation and erasure of Native American history. Exploring the intersection of womanhood and identity in the Cherokee Nation </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(118 118 118 1)><em>Representing the Fashion of Our Nineteenth Century Cherokee Ancestor: Culture Not Costume</em></strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(118 118 118 1)> follows </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(118 118 118 1)>Lara</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(118 118 118 1)> and </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(118 118 118 1)>Lisa's</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(118 118 118 1)> </span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(118 118 118 1)>investigation into the life and murder of their maternal ancestor and the misrepresentative discussions that have followed. By using academic research to unravel deeply ingrained historical contradictions and construct a woman-focused Native American history Lara and Lisa make a case for the importance of perspective and representation in the modern living history community and the lasting effects misrepresentation has on one of the largest Native American tribes in the United States.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(118 118 118 1)>Providing an invaluable critique into incomplete depictions of Native American communities and their women's stories this book is ideal reading for students of Indigenous Studies Women's History Gender Studies Textile History and Ethnic Studies.</span></p><p></p>