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The Indian Craze - Primitivism, Modernism, and Transculturation in American Art, 1890–1915 (Hardcover)
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The Indian Craze - Primitivism, Modernism, and Transculturation in American Art, 1890–1915 (Hardcover)
Series: Objects/Histories
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In the early twentieth century, Native American baskets, blankets,
and bowls could be purchased from department stores, “Indian
stores,” dealers, and the U.S. government’s Indian schools. Men
and women across the United States indulged in a widespread passion
for collecting Native American art, which they displayed in
domestic nooks called “Indian corners.” Elizabeth Hutchinson
identifies this collecting as part of a larger “Indian craze”
and links it to other activities such as the inclusion of Native
American artifacts in art exhibitions sponsored by museums, arts
and crafts societies, and World’s Fairs, and the use of
indigenous handicrafts as models for non-Native artists exploring
formal abstraction and emerging notions of artistic subjectivity.
She argues that the Indian craze convinced policymakers that art
was an aspect of “traditional” Native culture worth preserving,
an attitude that continues to influence popular attitudes and
federal legislation.Illustrating her argument with images culled
from late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century publications,
Hutchinson revises the standard history of the mainstream interest
in Native American material culture as “art.” While many locate
the development of this cross-cultural interest in the Southwest
after the First World War, Hutchinson reveals that it began earlier
and spread across the nation from west to east and from reservation
to metropolis. She demonstrates that artists, teachers, and critics
associated with the development of American modernism, including
Arthur Wesley Dow and Gertrude Käsebier, were inspired by Native
art. Native artists were also able to achieve some recognition as
modern artists, as Hutchinson shows through her discussion of the
Winnebago painter and educator Angel DeCora. By taking a
transcultural approach, Hutchinson transforms our understanding of
the role of Native Americans in modernist culture.
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Imprint: |
Duke University Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Series: |
Objects/Histories |
Release date: |
March 2009 |
Firstpublished: |
March 2009 |
Authors: |
Elizabeth Hutchinson
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Dimensions: |
257 x 183 x 28mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover
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Pages: |
304 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-8223-4390-5 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
0-8223-4390-8 |
Barcode: |
9780822343905 |
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