The Cleveland “Indians”: A Case Study in American Indian Cultural Dispossession

• Autores: Ellen J. Staurowsky
• Localización: Sociology of sport journal, ISSN 0741-1235, Vol. 17, Nº. 4, 2000, págs. 307-330
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The purpose of this paper is to trace the tangled web of relationships between and among European-American notions of property, individual and group possessory rights, and the role societal institutions play in promoting the exploitation of American Indian culture and people through the misappropriation of “Indianness” by sport teams. The analysis progresses from a discussion about the racial “invisibilities” of “Indianness” and “Whiteness” that are infused in these images and ultimately how these images are expressions of a “possessive investment in Whiteness” to a discussion delineating the property dimensions of this imagery and concludes with an examination of the mechanisms in place that leach children to become misappropriators.