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John Hausdoerffer - Catlin's Lament: Indians, Manifest Destiny, and the Ethics of Nature - 9780700616312 - V9780700616312
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Catlin's Lament: Indians, Manifest Destiny, and the Ethics of Nature

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Description for Catlin's Lament: Indians, Manifest Destiny, and the Ethics of Nature Hardcover. George Catlin gained renown for his nineteenth-century paintings of Indians and their lands. The author argues that, despite his sympathies, Catlin's work embodied the same prevailing sentiment toward Nature that sanctioned Indian removal and thus undercut his own alternate vision for westward expansion. Num Pages: 208 pages, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFSL9; RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
George Catlin gained renown for his nineteenth-century paintings of Indians and their lands, sympathetic portraits that counterbalanced those of other Americans eager to conquer and dominate both. In this first book to probe the attitudes that shaped and constrained Catlin's career, John Hausdoerffer argues that, despite his sympathies, Catlin's work embodied the same prevailing sentiment toward Nature that sanctioned Indian removal and thus undercut his own alternate vision for westward expansion. Some see Catlin as an ethical spokesman for Indians, others as a mere exploiter. Hausdoerffer steers a middle course, recognizing Catlin as an entrepreneur without invalidating his ethical perceptions. ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Univ Pr of Kansas
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Kansas, United States
ISBN
9780700616312
SKU
V9780700616312
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About John Hausdoerffer
John Hausdoerffer is director of environmental studies at Western State College in Gunnison, Colorado.

Reviews for Catlin's Lament: Indians, Manifest Destiny, and the Ethics of Nature
A clear, coherent, provocative reconsideration of Catlin that challenges readers to reexamine their perceptions of the artist; to explore their understanding of nineteenth-century American attitudes toward expansion, Indians, and nature; and to contemplate how underlying intellectual attitudes and epistemologies may shape and constrain social criticism, including our own. George Miles, coeditor of Under an Open Sky: Rethinking America's Western Past ... Read more

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