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From snapshots to formal portraits, photography offers a fascinating record of the complex interplay of attitudes toward Native Americans in the United States. In this first major book to present a comprehensive look at photographs of Indians by both Native and Anglo Americans, from 1840 to the present, we are offered a compelling array of images reproduced with exacting respect for the physical qualities of the photograph as a document. Alfred Bush and Lee Mitchell help us see these photographs not only as historical artifacts but as rich texts that describe their makers as tellingly as their subjects. More than three hundred images relate an important tale of the intrusion of technology into the traditional life of the American Indian, and the political uses both Native Americans and Anglo Americans found for the photograph.These photographs reveal the many agendas of both photographers and American Indians. From images pandering to popular stereotypes to ones that catch troubling realities, these photographs encourage us to consider the photographic enterprise from various perspectives, including those of Native Americans. Contradicting the common notion that Native American photographers are a recent phenomenon, Indians make their appearance as photographers in this work as early as the 1880s with portrayals as varied and conflicted as any by Anglo Americans. The exciting dynamics among multiple American cultures encountering each other through art and technology is masterfully documented here. The text provides authoritative dating of the photographs, biographies of the photographers, and an extensive bibliography. This is a treasurehouse for readers with interests in Native Americans and their history and in the history of photography.
From forbidden snapshots of sacred ceremonies to formal portraits of Native Americans in Victorian dress, this collection spanning 1840 to the present helps readers see photographs not only as historical artifacts, but as rich texts that describe their makers as tellingly as their subjects.
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Jim Keogh
reviewed The photograph and the American Indian on January 27, 2014
The photograph and the American Indian
MacDougall's Corporeal image is a fascinating if uneven look at the use of cinema and photography in anthropology and the social sciences in general. Constructed as a series of essays the book ranges from esoteric if not downright arcane philosophical interpretations of visuality to historical summations of visual anthropology to MacDougall's own famous work, like the Doon school series to discussions of photography in anthropology and the use of photography in colonial portrayals and finally down to a brief manifesto for the future of visual anthropology. Overall well documented and scholarly satisfying the book does suffer from a terrible case of unevenness due to its cobbled up nature. It starts with head splitting philosophical discussions, continues with narratives of the author's own work and ends with more anthro-philosophy and a manifesto. Nonetheless it is a valuable book, particularly as a slightly difficult primer to visual anthropology.
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