Publication

1999 - University of Washington Press, Seattle, Washington (State)

Language

English

Word Count

50,250 words, Guess

Page Count

201 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • LibraryThing2140422
  • Goodreads2171957

Classifications

  • DDC700/.89/970795
  • LCCE78.N78 O84 1999

Description

"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."--BOOK JACKET. "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."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Privileging the past: reconstructing history in Northwest coast artUniversity of Washington Press1999-01-01

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