{"product_id":"native-art-of-the-northwest-coast-a-history-of-changing-ideas","title":"Native Art of the Northwest Coast: A History of Changing Ideas - paperback","description":"\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e\u003cspan data-subtree=\"aimfl,mfl\"\u003every good condition soft cover it is a massive, highly sought-after 1,100-page scholarly anthology \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-subtree=\"aimfl,mfl\"\u003eThis book is \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem class=\"zhvwWe\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-complete=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"iNqyIf\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-complete=\"true\"\u003e\"\"\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e edited by Charlotte Townsend-Gault, Jennifer Kramer, and Ḳi-ḳe-in (Ron Hamilton). Published  in 2013, the massive volume compiles over 250 years of writing, critical history, and diverse perspectives on Indigenous art from the Pacific Northwest.\u003cspan\u003e Very good condition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"n6owBd awi2gc\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-hveid=\"CAAIEBAA\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\"\u003e\n\u003cspan data-subtree=\"aimfl\" data-processed=\"true\"\u003eThe core theme unifying the contributors \u003c\/span\u003e is \u003cstrong class=\"rQesXe MPyX\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\"\u003eunsettling the monolithic, Western-constructed definitions of Indigenous art\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e. Rather than treating Northwest Coast art as a fixed, historical spectacle, the book uses critical historiography to examine how 250 years of written texts, museum collections, and colonial laws have shaped what the world considers \"Native art\".\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"n6owBd awi2gc\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-hveid=\"CAAIExAA\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\"\u003eThe book features a diverse group of \u003cstrong class=\"rQesXe MPyX\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\"\u003e28 contributors\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e—including Indigenous artists, hereditary chiefs, elder ritualists, and historians alongside non-Indigenous anthropologists, art historians, and curators—who explore several recurring sub-themes:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"yhAwj\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\" data-sfc-inited=\"2\"\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ZLzG0d ncoeY E8xBUb\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"3\" data-animation-nesting=\"\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-wiz-attrbind=\"aria-level=xluOee_1j\/fLk2Md\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\" data-sae=\"\"\u003e1. The Clash of Oral vs. Written Knowledge\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[[2,[null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,[351768,null,0]],[],null,1]]--\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"n6owBd awi2gc\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-hveid=\"CAAIFxAA\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\"\u003eContributors explore how Western academics and early explorers documented the Pacific Northwest through a narrow, written lens, which frequently ignored, suppressed, or overrode Indigenous oral histories, lineages, and traditional ways of recording ownership and space.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"yhAwj\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\" data-sfc-inited=\"2\"\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ZLzG0d ncoeY E8xBUb\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"3\" data-animation-nesting=\"\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-wiz-attrbind=\"aria-level=xluOee_1t\/fLk2Md\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\" data-sae=\"\"\u003e2. Deconstructing the \"Formline\" Canon\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[[2,[null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,[351768,null,0]],[],null,1]]--\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"n6owBd awi2gc\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-hveid=\"CAAIGxAA\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\"\u003eA central goal of the contributors is to challenge the standard assumption that Northwest Coast art is defined \u003cem class=\"zhvwWe\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\"\u003eonly\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e by the famous red, black, and white ovoids, totem poles, and formline carvings of the northern nations (such as the Haida or Kwakwaka'wakw). The writers bring visibility to overlooked mediums, such as \u003cstrong class=\"rQesXe MPyX\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\"\u003eCoast Salish wool weaving\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e, and reframe them as major fine art traditions.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"yhAwj\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\" data-sfc-inited=\"2\"\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ZLzG0d ncoeY E8xBUb\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"3\" data-animation-nesting=\"\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-wiz-attrbind=\"aria-level=xluOee_25\/fLk2Md\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\" data-sae=\"\"\u003e3. Institutional Jurisdiction and Indigenous Law\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[[2,[null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,[351768,null,0]],[],null,1]]--\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"n6owBd awi2gc\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-hveid=\"CAAIIBAA\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\"\u003eSeveral essays look closely at how museums and colonial governments used mapping, categorization, and the suppression of local cultural practices (like the anti-potlatch laws) to strip Indigenous communities of their political sovereignty and physical objects. The contributors argue that the classification of these pieces as \"ethnological artifacts\" or isolated \"fine art\" has historically separated the objects from the living laws of their originating communities.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"yhAwj\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\" data-sfc-inited=\"2\"\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ZLzG0d ncoeY E8xBUb\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"3\" data-animation-nesting=\"\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-wiz-attrbind=\"aria-level=xluOee_2g\/fLk2Md\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\" data-sae=\"\"\u003e4. Transcultural Entanglement and Modernism\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[[2,[null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,[351768,null,0]],[],null,1]]--\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"n6owBd awi2gc\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-hveid=\"CAAIKBAA\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\"\u003eRather than framing Indigenous artists as figures frozen in the past, the text tracks how Northwest Coast art has actively engaged with global movements. Contributors highlight how the art influenced 20th-century movements like Surrealism and the New York avant-garde, and how it has simultaneously been co-opted for Canadian nationalist identity branding.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"n6owBd awi2gc\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-hveid=\"CAAIKxAA\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\" aria-owns=\"action-menu-parent-container\"\u003eUltimately, the contributors come together to shift the authority of who gets to define, categorize, and speak for Northwest Coast Native art back toward Indigenous cultural specialists and collaborative, post-colonial scholarship.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"frans collection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50715782742191,"sku":null,"price":40.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1502\/2210\/files\/20261019_180951.jpg?v=1792618808","url":"https:\/\/tsainkonativegifts.com\/products\/native-art-of-the-northwest-coast-a-history-of-changing-ideas","provider":"Tsain-ko Native Gift Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}