Eternal Sovereigns: Indigenous Artists, Activists, and Travelers Reframing Rome

by Gloria Jane Bell

Book Overview

In 1925, Pius XI staged the Vatican Missionary Exposition in Rome's Vatican City. Offering a narrative of the Catholic Church's beneficence to a global congregation, the exposition displayed thousands of cultural belongings stolen from Indigenous communities across Turtle Island, which were seen by one million pilgrims. Gloria Bell's Eternal Sovereigns offers critical revision to that story. Bell reveals the tenacity, mobility, and reception...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1478030887
• ISBN13: 9781478030881
• Release Date: October 2024
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.