{"product_id":"memory-and-vision-9780295985794","title":"Memory and Vision","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOffers a the history of Native peoples, presenting the glory, endurance, and renewal of the life ways of Plains peoples. This book traces the story of the Plains peoples through adversity to the renewal of their cultures in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. It illustrates their life in over 250 colour images.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This visually impressive volume . . . . has combined the museum's stunning collection of historical and contemporary art and artifacts with a series of essays designed not simply to describe those pieces, but to place them in their widest social, cultural, and historical contexts . . . an important addition to the literature on material culture and identity.\"\u003c\/p\u003e * Museum Anthropology *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This welcome and long-awaited volume will be an important addition to every library concerned with art and culture on the Great Plains.\"\u003c\/p\u003e * South Dakota History *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Hansen and her contributing authors have produced a volume of immense importance to scholars in a wide variety of disciplines. Each of the chapters contains a wealth of quotations that brings a living voice to the text. Color-enhanced historic photographs further add to the reader's ability to connect the remarkable pieces featured in the book with the women and men who made and used them. The true beneficiaries of the work that Hansen and the others invested in this book are Indian peoples today and their children to come. The elders, after all, have much to teach us about beauty, honor, and strength.\"\u003c\/p\u003e * New Mexico Historical Review *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"[A] visually stunning volume with exceptionally high-quality photographs of objects in the collections, reproduced in color with equal concern for quality. . . . \u003ci\u003eMemory and Vision\u003c\/i\u003e is essential for any library of American Indian art and serves as an excellent introduction for anyone interested in learning about the history and cultures of the Native peoples of the Great Plains.\"\u003c\/p\u003e * Journal of Folklore Research *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Readers looking for a general introduction to Plains Indian culture will find this book attractive and useful..Recommended.\"\u003c\/p\u003e * Choice *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Stunning photographs of people, artwork and everyday objects such as drums, dresses and dolls make reading \u003ci\u003eMemory and Vision\u003c\/i\u003e a rewarding experience.\"\u003c\/p\u003e * Alaska Airlines Magazine *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This publication-based on the award-winning reinterpretation and reinstallation in 2000 of the Plains Indian Museum at the Buffalo Bill Historical Center in Cody, Wyoming-is much more than a catalog of that institution's collections. …Illustrated with color photographs of objects and archival images and illuminated by quotes from interviews, ethnographies, and oral histories, Hansen's volume surveys the cultures of Plains people in six thematic chapters with brief interchapter essays by contemporary Plains scholars and artists Beatrice Medicine, Gerard Baker, Joseph Medicine Crow, Arthur Amiotte, and Bentley Spang.\"\u003c\/p\u003e * Great Plains Quarterly *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. People of the Plains\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Land of Many Gifts\u003cbr\u003e -Women's Roles \/ Beatrice Medicine\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Buffalo and the People\u003cbr\u003e -The Buffalo as Part of the Mandan-Hidatsa Way of Life \/ Gerard Baker\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Honor and Celebration\u003cbr\u003e -Crow Tribal Leaders \/ Joseph Medicine Crow\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Adversity and Renewal\u003cbr\u003e -A New and Different Life on a Small Part of a Very Old Place \/ Arthur Amiotte\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Our People Today\u003cbr\u003e -A Cheyenne in Cyber Space \/ Bently Spang\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Authors\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Washington Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49524695892311,"sku":"9780295985794","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780295985794.jpg?v=1731857786","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/memory-and-vision-9780295985794","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}