Indigenous Aesthetics: Native Art, Media, and Identity

Leuthold, Steven

ISBN 10: 0292747039 / ISBN 13: 9780292747036

Published by University of Texas Press, 1998

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Photo is the book you will receive. In good condition with normal wear, a tight binding but the text has been highlighted and marked on the first few pages and there are scattered places where the text has been underlined with marginal notes. Name at top of flyleaf.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Indigenous Aesthetics: Native Art, Media, and Identity
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0292747039
• ISBN 13: 9780292747036
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Good
• Dimensions: 6.08W x 9.04H x 0.64D inches 6.08 inches width by 9.04 inches height by 0.64 inches depth
• Weight: 15.203 ounces

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Synopsis

What happens when a Native or indigenous person turns a video camera on his or her own culture? Are the resulting images different from what a Westernized filmmaker would create, and, if so, in what ways? How does the use of a non-Native art-making medium, specifically video or film, affect the aesthetics of the Native culture?

These are some of the questions that underlie this rich study of Native American aesthetics, art, media, and identity. Steven Leuthold opens with a theoretically informed discussion of the core concepts of aesthetics and indigenous culture and then turns to detailed examination of the work of American Indian documentary filmmakers, including George Burdeau and Victor Masayesva, Jr. He shows how Native filmmaking incorporates traditional concepts such as the connection to place, to the sacred, and to the cycles of nature. While these concepts now find expression through Westernized media, they also maintain continuity with earlier aesthetic productions. In this way, Native filmmaking serves to create and preserve a sense of identity for indigenous people.

About the Author

<p>Steven M. Leuthold is a professor of art and design history at Northern Michigan University.</p>