Eternal sovereigns : Indigenous artists, activists, and travelers reframing Rome / Gloria Jane Bell.
| Author/creator | Bell, Gloria Jane, 1986- author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Durham : Duke University Press, 2024. |
| Copyright Date | ©2024 |
| Description | xvi, 244 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | A nomad in the Roman archives : writing from the margins -- Unsettling the Indian Museum in Rome : Ferdinand Pettrich and Edmonia Wildfire Lewis -- "The most exhaustive record of the world's progress ever displayed" : Pope Pius XI's culture of conquest and visitors' experiences at the Vatican Missionary Exposition -- "A window on the world" of colonial unknowing : dioramas, children's games, and missionary perspectives on the Vatican Missionary Exposition -- Eternal sovereigns and ancestral art : ancient archives, relatives, and travelers at the Vatican Missionary Exposition -- Deus ex machina. |
| Abstract | "Eternal Sovereigns explores transnational art histories of Indigeneity that engaged with Rome and the Vatican from 1833 to the present day. Analyzing archives, artists, and visual evidence across Italy and the Indigenous North America known as Turtle Island, Gloria Jane Bell aims to unsettle the colonial assumptions and discourse put forth by Vatican missionary institutions through archives that falsely emphasized protection and valued exoticism. In doing so, Bell illuminates an untold chapter of the church's history and reveals the global circulation of Indigenous arts in the early twentieth century at the Vatican. Bell argues for the agency of Indigenous materials as cultural belongings and travelers that were sent to Rome but never returned home. Thinking self-reflexively as an Indigenous scholar of Métis heritage, Bell also incorporates her own narrative and art as a method of destabilizing the power of archives and expanding the realm of what counts as art history. In doing so, she explores the range of Indigenous experience, highlights the audacious perseverance of Indigenous artists under colonial duress, and reclaims and restores the sovereignty retained over Indigenous visual and material culture."-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Bell, Gloria Jane, 1986- Eternal sovereigns Durham : Duke University Press, 2024 9781478059844 |
| LCCN | 2023056173 |
| ISBN | 9781478030881 |
| ISBN | 1478030887 paperback |
| ISBN | 9781478026617 hardcover |
| ISBN | 1478026618 hardcover |
| ISBN | electronic book |
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| Joyner | Item has been checked out | E98.M34 B45 2024 | Due 08/06/2026 | Want This? |