The Edward Curtis Project: A Modern Picture Story

by Marie Clements and Rita Leistner

Book Overview

Edward Curtis saw his job as that of creating a photographic record of "the vanishing race of the North American Indian." His work therefore became as much a projection of colonial attitudes upon aboriginal peoples as it was an authentic record of their lives. The Edward Curtis Project began when the Presentation House Theatre commissioned Marie Clements to write a play that would stage the issues raised by Curtis' monumental but controversial achievement--to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0889226423
• ISBN13: 9780889226425
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: Talonbooks
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.7" x 9.7"