Native art of the Northwest Coast : a history of changing ideas
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- ISBN: 9780774820493 (bound)
- ISBN: 0774820497 (bound)
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xxxvi, 1081 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm. - Publisher: Vancouver : UBC Press, 2013.
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General Note: | CatMonthString:september.13 |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Contents with Excerpts Listed -- List of Figures -- Preface -- Introduction: The Idea of Northwest Coast "First Nation" Art -- 1. Interpreting Cultural Symbols of the People from the Shore -- 2. Hilth Hiitinkis -- From the Beach -- 3. Haida Cosmic -- 4. From Explorers to Ethnographers -- 5. Thresholds of Meaning: Voice, Time, and Epistemology in the Archaeological Consideration of Northwest Coast Art -- 6. Objects and Knowledge: Early Accounts from Ethnographers, and Their Written Records and Collecting Practices -- 7. "That Which Was Most Important": Louis Shotridge on Crest Art and Clan History -- 8. Anthropology of Art: Shifting Paradigms and Practices -- 9. Going by the Book: Missionary Perspectives -- 10. The Dark Years -- 11. Surrealists and the New York Avant-Garde -- 12. Northwest Coast Art and Canadian National Identity -- 13. Art/Craft in the Early Twentieth Century -- 14. Welfare Politics, Late Salvage, and "First Nation" (In)Visibility -- 15. Form First, Function Follows: The Use of Formal Analysis in Northwest Coast Art History -- 16. Democratization and Northwest Coast Art in the Modern Period: "First Nation" Emissaries, non-"First Nation" Connoisseurship, and Consumption -- 17. History and Critique of the "Renaissance" Discourse -- 18. Starting from the Beginning -- 19. Shifting Theory, Shifting Publics: The Anthropology of Northwest Coast Art in the Postwar Era -- 20. Value Added: The Northwest Coast Art Market since 1965 -- 21. "Where Mere Words Failed": Northwest Coast Art and Law -- 22. Art for Whose Sake? -- 23. "Fighting with Property": The Double-Edged Character of Ownership -- 24. Museums and Northwest Coast Art -- 25. Collaborations: A Historical Perspective -- 26. Pushing Boundaries, Defying Categories: "First Nation" Media Production on the Northwest Coast -- 27. Art Claims in the Age of Delgamuukw -- 28. Stop Listening to Our Ancestors -- 29. NWC on the Up ... Load: Surfing for Northwest Coast Art -- 30. The Material and the Immaterial across Borders -- Works Cited -- Notes on Contributors -- Index. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Holdable? | Status | Due Date | Courses |
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Emily Carr University of Art + Design | E78 .N78 N37 2013 (Text) | 30234294 | Book | Volume hold | Available | - |