Privileging the Past : Reconstructing History In Northwest Coast Art

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What makes Northwest Coast Native American art authentic? And why, when most of art history is a history of the avant-garde, is tradition so deeply valued by contemporary Native American artists and their patrons? In Privileging the Past Judith Ostrowitz approaches these questions through a careful consideration of replicas, reproductions, and creative translations of past forms of Northwest Coast dances, ceremonies, masks, painted screens, and houses." "Privileging the Past explores intellectual issues raised by postmodern theory, supported by detailed studies of projects that will interest a broad audience of students, historians, museum-goers, and those intrigued by Native American art and cultural history

Author Judith Ostrowitz

IdentifierLIB.00298

PublisherUniversity of Washington Press

Date1999

ISBN0295978147

General Material DesignationPrint and published material

LanguageEnglish

Location / Box-Folder Media Room and Library

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