Navajo and Photography: A Critical History of the Representation of an American People - Hardcover

Faris, James C.

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Faris (professor emeritus, anthropology, U. of Connecticut) surveys the assumptions that have governed photographic representations of Navajo people by white Westerners, from the earliest photographs of Navajo in captivity at the Bosque Redondo to the most recent glossy picture books and calendars. Superb, abundant b&w photographs, some previously unpublished. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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James C. Faris is professor emeritus of anthropology at the University of Connecticut.

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ISBN 10:  0874807611 ISBN 13:  9780874807615
Publisher: University of Utah Press, 2003
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