Concise, critical reviews of books, exhibitions, and projects in all areas and periods of art history and visual studies

Native American
Dissertations in Progress by Subject, 2011

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Archuleta, Margaret, “Against the Odds: The Career of Santa Clara Painter Pablita Velarde” (University of New Mexico, J. Szabo)

Askren-Dangeli, Mique’l, “‘Dancing on Tears’: Northwest Coast First Nations Dance and Performative Practices” (University of British Columbia, C. Townsend-Gault)

Dueker, Christopher, “Alex Janvier: Narrativity, Mnemonics, and Oral Tradition in Private and Public Spheres” (Columbia, E. Hutchinson)

Crosby, Marcia, “Urban Aboriginal Cultural Production: A Dialogue between Representations and the Imaginary, and Historical Facts and Experience” (University of British Columbia, C. Townsend-Gault)

Navratil, Emily Schuchardt, “Native American Chic: The Marketing of Native Americans in New York between the World Wars” (CUNY, J. Sund)

Redcorn-Miller, Marla, “Renegotiating Community Boundaries: Kiowa Painting in the First Half of the 20th Century” (Columbia, E. Hutchinson)

Ronan, Kristine, “Buffalo Dancer: The Biography of an Image” (Michigan, R. Zurier)

Ruud, Brandon, “Beneath the Surface: The Aesthetic and Ideological Appropriation of Native American Artwork during the Arts and Crafts Period” (UIC, E. Baird)

Warren, Erica, “Munthe’s Myths: Designing a Norwegian Nation in Decorative Art” (Minnesota, G. Weisberg)

Watson, Mark, “Diplomatic Aesthetics: Globalization and Contemporary Native American Art” (Columbia, E. Hutchinson)