General & Miscellaneous American Art, Native North American Peoples - General & Miscellaneous, Native American Collectibles, Native North American Peoples - Art & Artifacts, Public Opinion - United States, Art Conservation, Restoration & Museum Studies, P
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Overview
"Integrating ethnography, discourse analysis, and social theory in a careful mapping of the Native American art world, this study explores the landscape of "intercultural spaces" - the physical and philosophical arenas in which art collectors, anthropologists, artists, historians, curators, and critics struggle to control the movement and meaning of art objects created by Native Americans." "Dubin examines the ideas and interactions involved in contemporary collecting, in particular, to understand how marketplace demands have homogenized Western perceptions of "authentic" Native American art. In doing so, she reveals the power relations of an art world in which Native American artists work within and against a larger system that seeks to control people by manipulating objects."--BOOK JACKET.Editorials
Booknews
Dubin (Native American studies, U. of California) explores the connections between the collection, marketing, display, production, and criticism of Native American arts. The main concern of her work is the way in which these processes are manipulated (wittingly and unwittingly) to modify definitions of what it is to be Native American and what it is to make art. She explores the way in which the collection of art by whites has often revealed the way in which whites have been able to imagine the Indian while ignoring Indian reality. She also looks at how the effects of Native American artists interactions with the wider world have ramifications for the way Native Americans view themselves and tribal identities. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)Book Details
Published
August 1, 2001
Publisher
Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2001.
Pages
1
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780826321749