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Author Robertson, Carmen L., 1962- author

Title Mythologizing Norval Morrisseau : art and the colonial narrative in the Canadian media / Carmen L. Robertson
Published Winnipeg, Manitoba : University of Manitoba Press, 2016

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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."-- From publisher's website
"Using discourse analysis methods, Robertson looks at news stories, magazine articles, and film footage, ranging from Morrisseau's first solo exhibition at Toronto's Pollock Gallery in 1962 until his death in 2007 to examine the cultural assumptions that have framed Morrisseau."-- From publisher's website
Analysis ART / Native American
Canada
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Morrisseau, Norval, 1931-2007 -- Public opinion
Morrisseau, Norval, 1931-2007 -- In mass media
Morrisseau, Norval, 1931-2007 -- Appreciation
Indigenous art -- Press coverage -- Canada
Indigenous peoples -- Press coverage -- Canada
ART -- History -- General.
Art appreciation
Mass media
Public opinion
Canada
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780887555015
0887555012
9780887554995
0887554997