Signed by Skeet McAuley, the photographer on the half-title page. Oblong quarto. Color photographs. Condition: two minor edge-tears and light creasing to dust jacket; else fine in very good DJ. 80 pages.

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Title: Sign Language: Contemporary Southwest Native America
Publisher: New York: Aperture
Publication Date: 1989
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0893813338
ISBN 13: 9780893813338
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 1st Edition
Condition: Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
Weight: 2 pounds
Signed: Signed by Illustrator(s)

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Many excellent photographs. A fine hardcover copy with bright gilt spine front cover lettering. Tight binding. Clean, unmarked pages. Very good jacket; light corner wear and spine fading. NOT ex-library. 78pg. Shipped Under 1 kilogram. Native Americans; 0893813338. ISBN/ 9780893813338. Inventory 002992.

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This book of 50 color photographs documents the lives and environment of Southwest Native Americans today. Aware of the stereotypes that poet Tapahonso describes in a short essay, McAuley focuses with ironic, deliberate wit on societal conceptions of the American Indian and of the "wild west." We see children practising archery with storebought bows; a motor-scooter stands outside a traditional hogan dwelling; tourists take snapshots of a tiny herd of bison fenced alongside an interstate highway; a group of six tepees picturesquely dot an Arizonan vistabehind a sign proclaiming "going out of business; everything price." The photos are punctuated by 10 short stories by Navajo "Medicine-person" Mitchell, who notes the continuity (rather than change) of Native American life. Sandweiss's ( Laura Gilpin: An Enduring Grace ) articulate, insightful essay describes the history of the American Indian as a photographic subject, and places McAuley's first book of photos in context.
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