UNSETTLING ENCOUNTERS: FIRST NATIONS IMAGERY IN THE ART OF EMILY CARR

Gerta Moray

ISBN 10: 0295986085 / ISBN 13: 9780295986081

Published by University of British Columbia Press, Canada, 2006

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UNSETTLING ENCOUNTERS: FIRST NATIONS IMAGERY IN THE ART OF EMILY CARR, text by Gerta Moray. 386 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. Color and black and white illustrations. 12 1/4" x 9". As new. Foreign shipping extfa.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: UNSETTLING ENCOUNTERS: FIRST NATIONS IMAGERY IN THE ART OF EMILY CARR
• Publisher: University of British Columbia Press, Canada
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0295986085
• ISBN 13: 9780295986081
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: As new
• Dust Jacket Condition: as new

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Synopsis

Moray (art history, U. of Guelph, Ontario) has written a fascinating and well-researched history on Canadian artist Emily Carr's expeditions to witness and document native art in British Columbia. More than a history, Moray makes a forceful argument for Carr's conscious attempt to represent Native art in a manner consistent with Native life and belief, in part as a critique of non-Native national and religious policies. The text is well illustrated with many period photos, the paintings of other artists, and Carr's own drawings and watercolors. In addition, there are 83 full-page color plates of Carr's works, making this a splendid and full resource. The volume, which is oversize (8.75x12.25"), is co-published by U. of Washington Press and the U. of British Columbia Press (their ISBN: 978-0-7748-1282-5). Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Review

Moray...has written a fascinating and well-researched history on Canadian artist Emily Carr's expeditions to witness and document native art in British Columbia. More than a history, Moray makes a forceful argument for Carr's conscious attempt to represent Native art in a manner consistent with Native life and belief, in part as a critique of non-Native national and religious policies. The text is well illustrated with many period photos, the paintings of other artist, and Carr's own drawings and watercolors...making this a splendid and full resource. * Reference and Research Book News * Unsettling Encounters is the most unified, offering an exhaustive narrative of Carr's engagement with painting village scenes and the arts of the totem poles from the first decade of the 20th century until the mid 1930s. -- Clint Burnham * The Vancouver Sun *