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Who Holds the Frame? Language as Representation in the Art of Emmi Whitehorse and Maria Hupfield

Tiroly, Marissa L.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent163976359799103

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2022, MA, Kent State University, College of the Arts / School of Art.
Much of the art historical discourse surrounding the work of contemporary Native artists has used language that maintains an exoticizing or othering lens, and that critiques Native artists against a Euro-American idea of static cultural authenticity located in the past. In the context of the Western museum gallery, issues of representation emerge when Native artists are critiqued against a universalist or colonial narrative. Language thus plays an important role in the reception of contemporary Native artists’ work and where it is situated in the larger conversation of contemporary art. This thesis examines language, specifically words, language structure, and modes of transmission, and the effect it has on the representation of contemporary Native artists. This premise is considered in relation to artists Emmi Whitehorse (Dine) and Maria Hupfield (Anishinaabe), and the discourse surrounding their work.
Shana Klein (Advisor)
John-Michael Warner (Committee Member)
Joseph Underwood (Committee Member)
69 p.
Art History; Museum Studies; Native Studies

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  • Tiroly, M. L. (2022). Who Holds the Frame? Language as Representation in the Art of Emmi Whitehorse and Maria Hupfield [Master's thesis, Kent State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent163976359799103

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Tiroly, Marissa. Who Holds the Frame? Language as Representation in the Art of Emmi Whitehorse and Maria Hupfield. 2022. Kent State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent163976359799103.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Tiroly, Marissa. "Who Holds the Frame? Language as Representation in the Art of Emmi Whitehorse and Maria Hupfield." Master's thesis, Kent State University, 2022. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent163976359799103

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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