The Indian Craze: Primitivism, Modernism, and Transculturation in American Art, 1890-1915

by Elizabeth Hutchinson

Book Overview

In the early twentieth century, Native American baskets, blankets, and bowls could be purchased from department stores, "Indian stores," dealers, and the U.S. government's Indian schools. Men and women across the United States indulged in a widespread passion for collecting Native American art, which they displayed in domestic nooks called "Indian corners." Elizabeth Hutchinson identifies this collecting as part of a larger "Indian craze" and links...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822344084
• ISBN13: 9780822344087
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.9" x 9.9"