Katsina: Commodified and Appropriated Images of Hopi Supernaturals - Softcover

University Of California, Los Angeles Fowler Museum Of Cultural Histor

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0930741838 ISBN 13: 9780930741839

Publisher: Univ of California Museum of, 2001

Synopsis

This volume chronicles the commod-ification of the Hopi Katsinam (plural of Katsina or Kachina) over the last 150 years. Once known only to the Pueblo peoples of the Southwest, these carvings have been transformed into international symbols and are now found decorating designer scarves, T-shirts, coasters, and a host of other products. In the course of this heavily illustrated study, the authors confront the consequences of inter- and intracultural perception, definitions of sacred and secular, colonialist thought and postcolonial retort. Also included are short statements by thirteen contemporary artists actively carving Katsinam or representing them in their work.

Edition details

• Publisher: Univ of California Museum of
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0930741838
• ISBN 13: 9780930741839
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 200
• Editor: Pearlstone Zena, Babcock Barbara A.