Indigenous Aesthetics Native Art, Media, and Identity

Name: Indigenous Aesthetics Native Art, Media, and Identity
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ISBN: 9780292747036

ISBN-10: 0292747039

ISBN-13: 9780292747036

Edition: 1998

Authors: Steven Leuthold

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What happens when a Native or indigenous person turns a video camera on his or her own culture? Are the resulting images different from what a Westernized filmmaker would create, and, if so, in what ways? How does the use of a non-Native art-making medium, specifically video or film, affect the aesthetics of the Native culture? These are some of the questions that underlie this rich study of Native American aesthetics, art, media, and identity. Steven Leuthold opens with a theoretically informed discussion of the core concepts of aesthetics and indigenous culture and then turns to detailed examination of the work of American Indian documentary filmmakers, including George Burdeau and…

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List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Publication date: 8/1/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 252
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Preface


Acknowledgments


Introduction



Aesthetics and the Expression of Identity



Representation and Reception



Is There "Art" in Indigenous Aesthetics?



Native American Identities and Media



Expressive Antecedents of Native American Documentary



An Indigenous Media Aesthetic?



Visual Arts Documentaries



Performance Contexts and Collective Identity



Indigenous Aesthetics of Place


Notes


Filmography


Bibliography


Index