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Record Nr.

UNINA9910476843403321

Autore

Hutchinson Elizabeth

Titolo

The Indian craze [[electronic resource] ] : primitivism, modernism, and transculturation in American art, 1890-1915 / / Elizabeth Hutchinson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Durham [NC], : Duke University Press, 2009

ISBN

0-8223-4408-4

9786613036414

1-283-03641-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (304 p.)

Collana

Objects/histories

Disciplina

709/.01/1

Soggetti

Indian art - Collectors and collecting - United States - History - 19th century

Indian art - Collectors and collecting - United States - History - 20th century

Indian art - United States - Influence

Indian art - United States - History - 19th century

Indian art - United States - History - 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-265) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Unpacking the Indian corner -- The white man's Indian art : teaching aesthetics at the Indian schools -- Playing Indian : Native American art and modern aesthetics -- The Indians in Käsebier's studio -- Angel DeCora's cultural politics.

Sommario/riassunto

An historical examination of the early-twentieth-century  Indian Craze,  a widespread interest in Native American art, that explores its importance for Native Americans, Euro Americans, and the history of modernism.