Our Indian Princess - Subverting the Stereotype (Paperback)

Are images and representations central to understanding Native Americans? How do Native artists, as producers of visual culture, respond to what art critic Lucy Lippard has called "the overwhelming burdens" of Indian art? In this pathbreaking study, anthropologist Nancy Mithlo examines the power of stereotypes, the utility of pan-Indianism, the significance of realist ideologies, and the employment of alterity in Native American arts. Addressing the question of how visual referents communicate across cultural divides, she aims to deconstruct the common understanding of stereo-types and suggest that they may play a role in conveying otherness. By using phrases such as "strategic essentialism" and "conventional representations," she analyzes the ways in which disparate groups tend to employ damaged knowledges in trying to communicate their own values and those of contrasting groups, especially when other conceptual tools are unavailable.

General

Imprint:	School of American Research Press,U.S.
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	June 2009
Authors:	Nancy Marie Mithlo
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	208
ISBN-13:	978-1-930618-97-8
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > Art styles not limited by date > Art of indigenous peoples Promotions
LSN:	1-930618-97-2
Barcode:	9781930618978

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