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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Looking at and listening to Densmore's research again is a new starting point for how we understand anthropology, ethnography, indigenous societies, and the gender and other dimensions of our own society."—Jack David Eller, Anthropology Review Database
By providing this rich account of Densmore's life, times, and thought, the volume contributes more than just a biography of a single scholar. A thoughtful meditation on how intertwined lives are made, remembered, and forgotten, it deserves to be read by anyone interested in the history of anthropology or museum studies."—Alex Golub,
Museum Anthropology Review“Frances Densmore’s archive of Native American music, photographs, and material culture is indispensable to scholars. Yet she remains an elusive figure.
Travels with Frances Densmore takes us into her world. It is a moving, engrossing record of a woman’s self-professionalization and devotion to science at the turn of the twentieth century.”—Sally Cole, professor of anthropology at Concordia University and author of
Ruth Landes: A Life in AnthropologyTable of ContentsList of Illustrations
Preface
Introduction: Traveling with Frances Densmore
Joan M. Jensen and Michelle Wick Patterson
Part 1. Frances Densmore’s Life and Work
1. She Always Said, “I Heard an Indian Drum”
Michelle Wick Patterson
2. Becoming Two White Buffalo Woman
Michelle Wick Patterson
3. By Train, by Boat, by Model T
Joan M. Jensen
4. Getting the Depression Blues
Joan M. Jensen
5. Cut, Paste, Delete, Preserve
Michelle Wick Patterson
6. Gone but Not Quite Forgotten
Joan M. Jensen
Part 2. Conversations
7. Miss Densmore Meets the Ojibwes: Frances Densmore’s Ethnomusicology Studies among the Grand Portage Ojibwes in 1905
Nancy L. Woolworth
8. Songs of Healing: Music Therapy of Native America, a Medical Ethnomusicology Study
Stephanie Thorne
9. Familiar Faces: Densmore’s Minnesota Photographs
Bruce White
10. Collection with a Mission: Frances Densmore’s Chippewa Artifacts
Carolyn Gilman
11. An Archival Dilemma: The Densmore Cylinder Recording Speeds
Judith Gray
12. Frances Densmore’s Chippewa Music
Thomas J. Vennum Jr.
Conclusion: A Picture Is Worth Deconstructing
Joan M. Jensen and Michelle Wick Patterson
Note on Sources: How to Continue Traveling with Densmore
Index
