Gift of the Face - Portraiture and Time in Edward S. Curtis''s the North American Indian

Informationen zum Autor Shamoon Zamir is Professor of Literature and Art History at New York University Abu Dhabi. Zusammenfassung In this major reappraisal of Edward Curtis's work! Shamoon Zamir argues that Curtis's photography engages meaningfully with the crisis of culture and selfhood brought on by the dramatic transformations of Native societies. This crisis is captured profoundly! and with remarkable empathy! in Curtis's images of the human face.

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• Authors: Shamoon Zamir
• Publisher: University Of North Carolina
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.02.2020
• EAN: 9781469659114
• ISBN: 978-1-4696-5911-4
• No. of pages: 352
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Folklore; Fotografie, Amerikanische Geschichte, Amerika, HISTORY / Native American, History - General History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies, PHOTOGRAPHY / Criticism