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Not Native American art : fakes, replicas, and invented traditions /

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"Following more than a decade of research on various kinds of inauthentic Native American art, Janet Berlo presents a series of cases that demonstrate the range and complexity of the issues at stake. From Native and non-Native artists commissioned by Native communities to make replicas of origi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Berlo, Janet Catherine (Author)
Other Authors: Horse Capture, Joseph D. (Author of introduction, etc., writer of foreword.)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2023]
Subjects:
Indian art > North America.
Cultural property > United States.
Authenticity (Philosophy)
Tradition (Philosophy)
Art and society > United States.
Authenticité (Philosophie)
Tradition.
Art et société > États-Unis.
Patrimoine culturel immatériel > États-Unis.
traditionalism.
Art and society
Cultural property
Indian art
North America
United States
Informational works.
Documents d'information.
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Summary:"Following more than a decade of research on various kinds of inauthentic Native American art, Janet Berlo presents a series of cases that demonstrate the range and complexity of the issues at stake. From Native and non-Native artists commissioned by Native communities to make replicas of original Native artistic works to non-Natives creating Native style art for commercial gain to uses of pastiche and obfuscation in creating artistic objects for various purposes, Berlo looks at misrepresentation and replication in nuanced and careful detail"--
Physical Description:xxi, 331 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-319) and index.
ISBN:9780295751368
0295751363