The totem pole
Subtitle: an intercultural history
By: Aldona Jonaitis and Aaron Glass.
Contributors: Glass, Aaron.
Publisher: University of Washington Press; Douglas & MacIntyre
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Seattle; Vancouver
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780295989624
Subjects: Totem poles -- History; Indians of North America -- Northwest coast of North America -- Social life and customs; Northwest coast of North America -- Social life and customs
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Excursions : toward an intercultural biography of the totem pole; title: pt. 1. Totem poles in the colonial imagination; title: On commerce and cultures : explorers and merchants encounter carved columns; title: The dynamics of settler colonialism, the rise and fall of totem poles, and the emergence of anthropology; title: "Places of totemic delight" : significant sights/sites on the Northwest coast; title: Totems for tourists : on salvage and salvation; title: The expansion of totem pole form : minis, maxis, and multiples (or, the small, the tall, and the kitschy); title: pt. 2. The global circulation of totem poles; title: Transforming emblems at museums and expositions : poles in the global village; title: "Monuments in multichrome" : totem poles and the promotion of place; title: Beyond restoration : the work of Wilson Duff; title: High art from rainy places : the "Renaissance" of totem carving; title: pt. 3. Current cultures of the totem pole; title: Beyond fairs : contemporary cultural tourism and ethnokitsch; title: Family trees and tribal treaties : on the politics of poles; title: Totem poles and the mediation of colonial encounter; title: Appendix A: A selected and annotated list of books on totem poles; title: Appendix B: Primary eighteenth and nineteenth-century reports of monumental carvings on the Northwest coast (1778-1900); title: Appendix C: A selection of early illustrations of totem poles and major photographic expeditions (1778-1900); title: Appendix D: A selective list of poles collected or commissioned for destinations abroad (1880-1970); title: Appendix E: A selection of totem poles at regional, national, and international expositions (1876-1994); title: Appendix F: A selection of totem poles at British Columbian and Canadian celebrations; title: Appendix G: A selection of poles raised in or for Native communities (1957-1988).