Introduction: Of "Santa Fakes" and Other Illusions -- Authenticity and Its Discontents: What Is "Real" Native American Art? -- Cultural Cross-Dressers: A Long History of Imitating Indians -- Replication and Reproduction on the Great Plains of Nostalgia -- The Deliberate Forgery, the Accidental Fake, the Visual Fiction, and the Replica -- Cross-Cultural Replication and Native Revitalization: Techniques of Remembering -- Conclusion: Vexed Identities and the "Destruction of Mimicry" in the Twenty-First Century
Summary
"Following more than a decade of research on various kinds of inauthentic Native American art, Janet Berlo presents a series of cases that demonstrate the range and complexity of the issues at stake. From Native and non-Native artists commissioned by Native communities to make replicas of original Native artistic works to non-Natives creating Native style art for commercial gain to uses of pastiche and obfuscation in creating artistic objects for various purposes, Berlo looks at misrepresentation and replication in nuanced and careful detail"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 17, 2023)
