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PublisherUniversity of Nebraska Press

ISBN-100803215126

ISBN-139780803215122

eBay Product ID (ePID)1671389

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Book TitlePlains Indian Photographs of Edward S. Curtis

Number of Pages175 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2001

TopicIndividual Photographers / General, General, Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions / General, Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies

IllustratorYes

GenreSocial Science, Photography

AuthorEdward S. Curtis

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Weight24 Oz

Item Length9.1 in

Item Width7.9 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN00-034395

TitleLeadingThe

Dewey Edition21

Reviews"Elegant and thoughtful photographs. . . . An excellent volume for a general audience as well as a post-structural/feminist/new-historical/post-colonial/self-reflexive reader!"-Gretchen Ronnow, Journal of the West, "Elegant and thoughtful photographs. . . . An excellent volume for a general audience as well as a post-structural/feminist/new-historical/post-colonial/self-reflexive reader!"-Gretchen Ronnow,Journal of the West

Dewey Decimal779/.2/08997

SynopsisThe traditional cultures of the Indians of the Great Plains - Lakotas, Cheyennes, Wichitas, Arikaras, Crows, Osages, Assiniboins, Comanches, Crees, and Mandans, among others - are recalled in stunning detail in this collection of photographs by Edward S. Curtis (1868-1952). Curtis is the best-known photographer of Native Americans because of his monumental work, The North American Indian (1907-1930), which consists of 20 portfolios of large photogravures and 20 volumes of text on more than eighty Indian groups in the West. He took pictures of Plains Indians for over 20 years, and his photographs reflect both prevailing attitudes about Indians and Curtis's own vision of differences among the Native peoples whom he photographed., The traditional cultures of the Indians of the Great Plains--Lakotas, Cheyennes, Wichitas, Arikaras, Crows, Osages, Assiniboins, Comanches, Crees, and Mandans, among others--are recalled in stunning detail in this collection of photographs by Edward S. Curtis (1868-1952). Curtis is the best-known photographer of Native Americans because of his monumental work, The North American Indian (1907-1930), which consists of twenty portfolios of large photogravures and twenty volumes of text on more than eighty Indian groups in the West. He took pictures of Plains Indians for over twenty years, and his photographs reflect both prevailing attitudes about Indians and Curtis's own vision of differences among the Native peoples whom he photographed. Curtis's photographs have exerted an enduring influence--both positive and negative--on mainstream American culture. They have inspired countless books, articles, and photographic exhibitions, and they continue to appear on posters, postcards, and other souvenirs. Accompanying the remarkable array of images in this book are essays by leading scholars that place the photographs within their proper critical, cultural, and historical contexts. The scholars contributing to this work are Martha H. Kennedy, Martha A. Sandweiss, Mick Gidley, and Duane Niatum.

LC Classification NumberE78.G73C874 2001