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The totem pole : an intercultural history. Aldona Jonaitis and Aaron Glass

cop. 2010

Available at 33MQB MQB  Bibliothèque de recherche  (E 98 .T7 JON )

  • Title:
    The totem pole : an intercultural history. Aldona Jonaitis and Aaron Glass
  • Subjects: Totem poles -- History;
    Indians of North America -- Social life and customs -- Northwest Coast of North America;
    Mâts totémiques -- Nord-Ouest, Côte (Amérique du Nord);
    Mâts totémiques -- Histoire;
    Indiens d'Amérique -- Moeurs et coutumes -- Nord-Ouest, Côte (Amérique du Nord);
    Northwest Coast of North America -- Social life and customs
  • Description: Bibliogr. p. 295-313. Index
    Preface Acknowledgments Prologue List of sidebars List of photo essays 1: Excursions: toward an intercultural biography of the totem pole Part 1: Totem Poles In The Colonial Imagination 2: On commerce and cultures: explorers and merchants encounter carved columns 3: Rise and fall of totem poles: dynamics of settler colonialism and the emergence of Anthropology 4: Places of totemic delight: significant sights/sites on the Northwest coast 5: Totems for tourists: on salvage and salvation 6: Expansion of totem pole form: minis, maxis, and multiples (or, the small, the tall, and the kitschy) Part 2: Global Circulation Of Totem Poles 7: Transforming emblems at museums and expositions: poles in the global village 8: Monuments in multichrome: totem poles and the promotion of place 9: Beyond restoration: the work of Wilson Duff 10: High art from rainy places: the "Renaissance" of totem carving Part 3: Current Cultures Of The Totem Pole 11: Beyond fairs: contemporary cultural tourism and ethnokitsch 12: Family trees and tribal treaties: on the politics of poles 13: Totem poles and the mediation of colonial encounter Appendix A: Selected and annotated list of books on totem poles Appendix B: Primary eighteenth and nineteenth-century reports of monumental carvings on the Northwest coast (1778-1900) Appendix C: Selection of early illustrations of totem poles and major photographic expeditions (1778-1900) Appendix D: Selective list of poles collected or commissioned for destinations abroad (1880-1970) Appendix E: Selection of totem poles at regional, national, and international expositions (1876-1994) Appendix F: Selection of totem poles at British Columbian and Canadian celebrations (1936-1986) Appendix G: Selection of poles raised in or for Native communities (1957-1988) Notes References Index
  • Publisher: Seattle Vancouver : University of Washington Press Douglas & MacIntyre, cop. 2010
  • Creation Date: cop. 2010
  • Format: 1 vol. (xxvii-331 p.) : ill. en noir et en coul., cartes, jaquette ill. en coul. ; 29 cm
  • Language: English
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