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11%OFFElizabeth Hutchinson - The Indian Craze. Primitivism, Modernism, and Transculturation in American Art, 1890-1915.  - 9780822344087 - V9780822344087
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The Indian Craze. Primitivism, Modernism, and Transculturation in American Art, 1890-1915.

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Description for The Indian Craze. Primitivism, Modernism, and Transculturation in American Art, 1890-1915. Paperback. 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. Series: Objects/Histories. Num Pages: 304 pages, 80 b&w illustrations, 8 color plates. BIC Classification: ACBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 256 x 20. Weight in Grams: 740.
In the early twentieth century, Native American baskets, blankets, and bowls could be purchased from department stores, “Indian stores,” dealers, and the U.S. government’s Indian schools. Men and women across the United States indulged in a widespread passion for collecting Native American art, which they displayed in domestic nooks called “Indian corners.” Elizabeth Hutchinson identifies this collecting as part of a larger “Indian craze” and links it to other activities such as the inclusion of Native American artifacts in art exhibitions sponsored by museums, arts and crafts societies, and World’s Fairs, and the use of indigenous handicrafts as models for ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Series
Objects/Histories
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
North Carolina, United States
ISBN
9780822344087
SKU
V9780822344087
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About Elizabeth Hutchinson
Elizabeth Hutchinson is Assistant Professor of Art History at Barnard College, Columbia University.

Reviews for The Indian Craze. Primitivism, Modernism, and Transculturation in American Art, 1890-1915.
“While the experience of modernism in less urban western places was no doubt different, modernism still must have been present. Without the insights of Hutchinson's book, however, historians could not even begin to identify modernism in rural America at the turn of the twentieth century. In short, The Indian Craze is a potentially paradigm-shifting book, one that will force new ... Read more

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