Katsina : commodified and appropriated images of Hopi supernaturals

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Katsina : commodified and appropriated images of Hopi supernaturals / [edited by] Zena Pearlstone with contributions by Barbara A. Babcock [and others].

Pearlstone, Zena. (Added Author). Babcock, Barbara A., 1943- (Added Author). University of California, Los Angeles. Fowler Museum of Cultural History. (Added Author).

Summary:

"This volume chronicles the commodification of the Hopi Katsinam (plural of Katsina or Kachina) over the last 150 years. Once known only to the Pueblo peoples of the Southwest, these carvings have been transformed into international symbols and are now found decorating designer scarves, T-shirts, coasters, and a host of other products. In the course of this heavily illustrated study, the authors confront the consequences of inter- and intracultural perception, definitions of sacred and secular, colonialist thought and postcolonial retort. Also included are short statements by thirteen contemporary artists actively carving Katsinam or representing them in their work."--Amazon.com.

Record details

ISBN: 093074182X
ISBN: 9780930741822
ISBN: 0930741838
ISBN: 9780930741839
Physical Description: 200 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Publisher: Los Angeles : UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History, ©2001.

Content descriptions

General Note:: Based on an exhibition held at the UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History in 2001.
Bibliography, etc. Note:: Includes bibliographical references (pages 192-200).
Formatted Contents Note:: Preface: Five hundred years of tourism / Barbara A. Babcock -- Notes on orthography -- Introduction: From the sacred to the cash register : problems encountered in protecting the Hopi cultural patrimony / Leigh J. Kuwanwisiwma -- Hopi histories / Peter M. Whiteley. Artist profile I: Neil David Sr. ; Artist profile II: Diane Branam -- The contemporary Katsina / Zena Pearlstone. Artist profile III: Esther Jackson ; Artist profile IV: David Freeland ; Artist profile V: Ramson Lomatewama -- Early Euro-American ethnographers and the Hopi Tihu / Marsha C. Bol. Artist profile VI: Michael Horse ; Artist profile VII: John Farnsworth -- The drift from tradition / Barton Wright. Artist profile VIII: Gerry Quotskuyva ; Artist profile IX: Christopher Pardell -- Authentic Hopi Katsina dolls / Alph Secakuku. Artist profile X: Clark Tenakhongva ; Artist profile XI: Poteet Victory -- Intellectual and cultural property rights and appropriation of Hopi culture / Victoria Spencer. Artist profile XII: Verma Nequatewa ; Artist profile XIII: Jean Healey -- Conference statement / Wallace Youvella Sr. -- Appendix: The gourd rattles of Edmund Nequatewa.