Privileging the past : reconstructuring history in northwest coast art / Judith Ostrowitz ; foreword by Nelson H.H. Graburn.
| Author/creator | Ostrowitz, Judith |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Seattle : University of Washington ; Vancouver : UBC Press, ©1999. |
| Description | xiii, 201 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Expedience and classicism at the Chief Shakes Community House -- The map and the territory in the grand hall at the Canadian Museum of Civilization -- Making dance history: Kwakwa̲ka̲'wakw performance art at the American Museum of Natural History -- False cognates: looking backward at the latest thing in contemporary Northwest coast art -- The style in which they were imagined. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]-189) and index. |
| LCCN | 99042684 |
| ISBN | 0295978147 |