Picturing Indians - Photographic Encounters Tourist Fantasies in H.h.bennett s Wisconsin

Informationen zum Autor Steven D. Hoelscher is associate professor of American studies and geography at the University of Texas at Austin. He is the author of Heritage on Stage: The Invention of Ethnic Place in America's Little Switzerland , also published by the University of Wisconsin Press. Klappentext Having built his reputation on his photographs of the Dells' steep gorges and fantastic rock formations! H. H. Bennett turned his camera upon the Ho-Chunk! and thus began the many-layered relationship. The interactions between Indian and white man! photographer and photographed! suggested a relationship in which commercial motives and friendly feelings mixed! though not necessarily in equal measure. Zusammenfassung A tourist mecca! the area known as the Wisconsin Dells was once wilderness - and a gathering place for the region's Native peoples! the Ho-Chunk. This title places H H Bennett within the context of contemporary artists and photographers of American Indians and examines the receptions of this legacy by the Ho-Chunk.

Product details

• Authors: Steven D Hoelscher, Steven D. Hoelscher, Steven D./ Boyer Hoelscher
• Publisher: The University of Wisconsin Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.07.2008
• EAN: 9780299226046
• ISBN: 978-0-299-22604-6
• No. of pages: 212
• Dimensions: 210 mm x 248 mm x 6 mm
• Series: Studies in American Thought an; Studies in American Thought & Culture; Studies in American Thought an
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous