Dubin, Margaret Denise.

Native America collected : the culture of an art world / Margaret Dubin. - 1st ed. - Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, c2001. - viii, 184 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-178) and index.

Machine generated contents note: 1. Objects Desired:A History of Collecting I -- 2. Commodities Controlled: -- Legislating the Trade of Native American Art 27 -- 3. Collectors: Charity, Empathy, Matching the Sofa 49 -- 4. Artists: Selling Paintings, Dispelling Stereotypes 65 -- 5. Museums and the Politics of Cultural Authority 83 -- 6. Sanctioned Scribes: ]Ho Critics, Curators, -- and Scholars Write the Native American ArtWodd 10i -- 7. Collecting/Being Collected: -- The Language of Cultural Difference z15 f -- Epilogue: Reflections on Fieldwork 147 -- Notes 153 -- Works Cited 169 -- Index 179.

0826321747 (cloth : alk. paper)


Indian art--Collectors and collecting--History.--United States
Indian art--Public opinion.--United States
Tourism and art--History.--United States
Art museums--Administration.--United States
Indians in popular culture.
Art criticism--United States.
Public opinion--United States.

E98.A7 / .D77 2001

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