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Engraving the savage : the New World and techniques of civilization
In this innovative analysis, Michael Gaudio explains how popular engravings of Native American Indians defined the nature of Western civilization by producing an image of its "savage other." Going beyond the notion of the "savage" as an intellectual and ideological construct, Gau...
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| Document Type: | Online Resource Book |
| Language: | English |
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Minneapolis
: University of Minnesota Press
, 2008
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| Online Access: | http://kunst.proxy.fid-lizenzen.de/fid/jstor-ebooks-art/www.jstor.org/stable/10.5749/j.cttts63r |
| Related Items: | Print version:
Engraving the savage Rezensiert in: [Rezension von: Gaudio, Michael, Engraving the Savage: The New World and Techniques of Civilization] |
| Author Notes: | Michael Gaudio |
| License Package: | JSTOR E-Books in Art, Design and Photography |
| Summary: | In this innovative analysis, Michael Gaudio explains how popular engravings of Native American Indians defined the nature of Western civilization by producing an image of its "savage other." Going beyond the notion of the "savage" as an intellectual and ideological construct, Gaudio examines how the tools, materials, and techniques of copperplate engraving shaped Western responses to indigenous peoples |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-199) and index |
| Physical Description: | 1 Online-Ressource (xxv, 207 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9780816648467 0816656533 0816648476 0816648468 9780816648474 9780816656530 |
