Authentic Inuit art: Creation and exclusion in the Canadian North

Journal of Material Culture

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 141-159

  Graburn, Nelson H H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Canadian nationalism; Gell's agency; Indigenous arts; Inuit identity; James Houston

Indexed keywords

ART; COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY; CRAFT PRODUCTION; INDIGENOUS POPULATION;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 3342955326     PISSN: 13591835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359183504044369     Document Type: Article

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