Visualities: Perspectives on Contemporary American Indian Film and Art

by Theodore C. Van Alst Jr.

In recent years, works by American Indian artists and filmmakers such as Jaune Quick-To-See Smith, Edgar Heap of Birds, Sherman Alexie, Shelley Niro, and Chris Eyre have illustrated the importance of visual culture as a means to mediate identity in contemporary Native America. This insightful collection of essays explores how identity is created and communicated through Native film-, video-, and art-making; what role these practices play in contemporary...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0870139991
• ISBN13: 9780870139994
• Release Date: June 2011
• Publisher: Michigan State University Press
• Length: 340 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.0"