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- Petroglyphs, Pictographs, and Projections: Native American Rock Art in the Contemporary Cultural Landscape
- Book
- 2018
- Published by: University of Utah Press
summary
Recent decades have seen an upsurge in visitation to rock art sites as well as an increase in commercial reproduction of rock art and attempts to understand the meaning and function of that art within the indigenous cultures that produced it. What motivates this growing interest and what do these interpretations and appropriations of Native American petroglyphs and pictographs reveal about contemporary cultural dynamics? Focusing on the southwestern U.S., this book critically examines the contemporary implications of the interpretation, appropriation, commodification, and management of indigenous rock art.
Neither archaeological interpretations nor commercial reproductions of rock art operate in a cultural vacuum. Both the motivation to seek out rock art and the specific meanings attached to it are deeply embedded in narratives about Native Americans already created by anthropologists, archaeologists, photographers, novelists, film and television producers, the tourism industry, and New Age discourse. For those interested in rock art as a window into indigenous cultures of the past, our contemporary projections of meanings are of great concern. Applying the tools of critical/cultural studies to both academic and popular discourse, Rogers explores the implications of such projections for rock art studies, contemporary gender dynamics, and the neocolonial relationship between Euro-Americans and Native Americans.
Neither archaeological interpretations nor commercial reproductions of rock art operate in a cultural vacuum. Both the motivation to seek out rock art and the specific meanings attached to it are deeply embedded in narratives about Native Americans already created by anthropologists, archaeologists, photographers, novelists, film and television producers, the tourism industry, and New Age discourse. For those interested in rock art as a window into indigenous cultures of the past, our contemporary projections of meanings are of great concern. Applying the tools of critical/cultural studies to both academic and popular discourse, Rogers explores the implications of such projections for rock art studies, contemporary gender dynamics, and the neocolonial relationship between Euro-Americans and Native Americans.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page, Copyright Page
- pp. i-vi
- List of Figures
- pp. ix-x
- List of Color Plates
- pp. xi-xii
- Acknowledgments
- pp. xiii-xvi
- 2. Rock Art and Rock Art Studies
- pp. 37-71
- References Cited
- pp. 347-380
Additional Information
ISBN
9781607816195
Related ISBN(s)
9781607816188
MARC Record
OCLC
1059273575
Pages
414
Launched on MUSE
2018-10-29
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
2018