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Selling Authenticity: The Role of Zuni Knifewings and Rainbow Gods in Tourism of the American Southwest

Marchaza, Lauren Marie
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1180626964

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2007, Master of Arts (MA), Ohio University, Art History (Fine Arts).
The American Southwest trading post system and its traders have, throughout the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries and even today, helped to construct the idea of ''authentic Indianness'' that has kept the perception of Native Americans and their culture in an unchanging and extinct past. The traders’ fondness for older or more traditional techniques, designs, and materials can be seen in the tourist objects that were produced by their native artists for their stores. These tourist objects were consumed by tourists as was the idea of the ''authentic Indian'' or the authentically produced artifact. These techniques that were encouraged by the traders only perpetuated the myth that Native Americans are eternally fixed in a dead and primitive past, which proved to be very restrictive for native artists in terms of creative and financial freedom.
Tom Patin (Advisor)
68 p.
Trading Post; Zuni jewelry; Native American art; Tourism; American Southwest

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  • Marchaza, L. M. (2007). Selling Authenticity: The Role of Zuni Knifewings and Rainbow Gods in Tourism of the American Southwest [Master's thesis, Ohio University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1180626964

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Marchaza, Lauren. Selling Authenticity: The Role of Zuni Knifewings and Rainbow Gods in Tourism of the American Southwest. 2007. Ohio University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1180626964.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Marchaza, Lauren. "Selling Authenticity: The Role of Zuni Knifewings and Rainbow Gods in Tourism of the American Southwest." Master's thesis, Ohio University, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1180626964

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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