Title: Privileging the past
Description: "What makes Northwest Coast Native American art authentic? And why, when most of art history is a history of the avant-garde, is tradition so deeply valued by contemporary Native American artists and their patrons? In Privileging the Past Judith Ostrowitz approaches these questions through a careful consideration of replicas, reproductions, and creative translations of past forms of Northwest Coast dances, ceremonies, masks, painted screens, and houses."--BOOK JACKET.

"Privileging the Past explores intellectual issues raised by postmodern theory, supported by detailed studies of projects that will interest a broad audience of students, historians, museum-goers, and those intrigued by Native American art and cultural history."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: Indian arts, Art indien d'Amérique, Beeldende kunsten, Indianen, Kunsthandwerk, Kunst, Indian art, north america, Art, history, Art, american, history
Places: Northwest Coast of North America