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Art of the Northwest coast / Aldona Jonaitis.

Jonaitis, Aldona, 1948- (author.).

Summary:

"Originally published in 2006, Art of the Northwest Coast offers an expansive history of this great tradition, from the earliest known works to those made at the beginning of the twenty-first century. Although non-Natives often claimed that First Nations cultures were disappearing, Northwest Coast Native people continued to make art during the painful era of colonization, often subtly expressing resistance to their oppressors and demonstrating the resilience of their heritage. Integrating the art's development with historical events following contact with Euro-Americans sheds light on the creativity of artists as they appropriated and transformed foreign elements into uniquely Indigenous statements. A new chapter discusses contemporary artists, including Marianne Nicholson, Nicholas Galanin, Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun, and Sonny Assu, who address pressing issues ranging from Indigenous sovereignty and destruction of the environment to the power of Native women and efforts to work with non-Natives to heal the wounds of racism and discrimination"-- Provided by publisher

Record details

ISBN: 9780295748542
ISBN: 0295748540
ISBN: 9780295748559
ISBN: 0295748559
Physical Description: xxiv, 387 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm
Edition: Second edition.
Publisher: Seattle : Bill Holm Center for the Study of Northwest Native Art, Burke Museum, in association with University of Washington Press, [2021]
Copyright: ©2021

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-377) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Creating a great art tradition -- Art at the time of contact -- Nineteenth-century southern coast art -- Nineteenth-century central region art -- Nineteenth-century northern coast art -- Settlement and its consequences -- Public awareness of Northwest coast art -- Persistence of artistic traditions, 1900 to 1960 -- Northwest coast art after the 1960s -- Innovation, experimentation, decolonization.