Native America collected
Subtitle: the culture of an art world
By: Margaret Dubin.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Albuquerque
Language: eng
Number of pages: 184
Subjects: Indian art -- Collectors and collecting -- United States -- History; Indian art -- United States -- Public opinion; Indians in popular culture; Tourism and art -- United States -- History; Art museums -- United States -- Administration; Art criticism -- United States; Public opinion -- United States
Description: "Integrating ethnography, discourse analysis, and social theory in a careful mapping of the Native American art world, this study explores the landscape of "intercultural spaces" - the physical and philosophical arenas in which art collectors, anthropologists, artists, historians, curators, and critics struggle to control the movement and meaning of art objects created by Native Americans.".

"Dubin examines the ideas and interactions involved in contemporary collecting, in particular, to understand how marketplace demands have homogenized Western perceptions of "authentic" Native American art. In doing so, she reveals the power relations of an art world in which Native American artists work within and against a larger system that seeks to control people by manipulating objects."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-178) and index.