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Robertson, Carmen L., 1962-
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Morrisseau, Norval, 1931-2007 -- Public opinion.
Morrisseau, Norval, 1931-2007 -- In mass media.
Morrisseau, Norval, 1931-2007 -- Appreciation.
Indigenous peoples -- Canada -- Public opinion.
First Nations artists -- Press coverage.
Indigenous art -- Press coverage.
Indigenous peoples -- Canada -- Press coverage.
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Robertson, Carmen L., 1962-
Morrisseau, Norval, 1931-2007 -- Public opinion.
Morrisseau, Norval, 1931-2007 -- In mass media.
Morrisseau, Norval, 1931-2007 -- Appreciation.
Indigenous peoples -- Canada -- Public opinion.
First Nations artists -- Press coverage.
Indigenous art -- Press coverage.
Indigenous peoples -- Canada -- Press coverage.
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Mythologizing Norval Morrisseau : art and the colonial narrative in the Canadian media / Carmen L. Robertson.
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Robertson, Carmen L., 1962-
University of Manitoba Press, 2016.
Call #:
759
.11
R649m
Subjects
Morrisseau, Norval, 1931-2007 -- Public opinion.
Morrisseau, Norval, 1931-2007 -- In mass media.
Morrisseau, Norval, 1931-2007 -- Appreciation.
Indigenous peoples -- Canada -- Public opinion.
First Nations artists -- Press coverage.
Indigenous art -- Press coverage.
Indigenous peoples -- Canada -- Press coverage.
ISBN:
9780887558108 (pbk.)
Description:
vii, 221 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 206-214) and index.
Contents:
Discipline, performativity, and Morrisseau -- Mythmaking and primitivism -- 1962: Morrisseau's arrival -- 1970s: the shaman arrival -- 1980s: an unruly international art star -- 2006: re-mythologizing Mishomis.
Summary:
"Mythologizing Norval Morrisseau examines the complex identities assigned to Anishinaabe artist Norval Morrisseau. Was he an uneducated artist plagued by alcoholism and homelessness? Was Morrisseau a shaman artist who tapped a deep spiritual force? Or was he simply one of Canada's most significant artists? Carmen L. Robertson charts both the colonial attitudes and the stereotypes directed at Morrisseau and other Indigenous artists in Canada's national press. Robertson also examines Morrisseau's own shaping of his image."--publisher's website.
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