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Record Nr.

UNINA9910825957303321

Autore

Stolte Gretchen M.

Titolo

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art : an anthropology of identity production in far north Queensland / / Gretchen M. Stolte

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, NY : , : Routledge, , 2021

©2021

ISBN

1-00-308436-2

1-000-18237-1

1-000-18555-9

1-003-08436-2

1-350-09724-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (247 pages)

Disciplina

704.039915

Soggetti

Art, Aboriginal Australian

Art

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Half Title -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Art and identity -- 2 Curios and artefacts -- 3 The history of the studio -- 4 The studio today -- 5 Disciplining the artist -- 6 Value creation and the market -- 7 Design elements -- 8 Cultural content -- 9 True North -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art explores the effects of Queensland government policies on urban First Nation artists. While such art has often been misinterpreted as derivative lesser copies of true' Indigenous works, this book unveils new histories and understandings about the mixed legacy left for Queensland Indigenous artists. Gretchen Stolte uses rich ethnographic detail to illuminate how both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists understand and express their heritage. She specifically focuses on artwork at the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art studio in the Tropical North Queensland College of Technical and Further Education (TNQT TAFE), Cairns. Stolte's ethnography further develops methodologies in art



history and anthropology by identifying additional methods for understanding how art is produced and meaning is created.