Indian Craze - Primitivism, Modernism, and Transculturation in American Art, 18901915

Informationen zum Autor Elizabeth Hutchinson Klappentext In the early twentieth century, Native American baskets, blankets, and bowls could be purchased from department stores, "Indian stores," dealers, reform organizations, and government Indian schools. Men and women across the United States indulged in a wid Zusammenfassung An historical examination of the early-twentieth-century Indian Craze! a widespread interest in Native American art! that explores its importance for Native Americans! Euro Americans! and the history of modernism. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations ix Acknowledgments xiii Introduction 1 1. Unpacking the Indian Corner 11 2. The White Man's Indian Art: Teaching Aesthetics at the Indian Schools 51 3. Playing Indian: Native American Art and Modern Aesthetics 91 4. The Indians in Käsebier's Studio 131 5. Angel DeCora's Cultural Politics 171 Epilogue 221 Notes 235 Selected Bibliography 263 Index 267

Product details

• Authors: Elizabeth Hutchinson
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.03.2009
• EAN: 9780822343905
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-4390-5
• No. of pages: 304
• Series: Objects/Histories; Objects/Histories: Critical Pe; Objects/Histories; Objects/Histories: Critical Pe
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history