Memory and myth at the Buffalo Bill Museum

Western Journal of Communication

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 85-108

  Dickinson, Greg ^a   Ott, Brian L ^a   Aoki, Eric ^a  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Buffalo Bill Cody; Masculinity; Museums; National Identity; Native Americans; Public Memory; The American West; Whiteness

Indexed keywords

EID: 20444481758     PISSN: 10570314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10570310500076684     Document Type: Article

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