{"product_id":"horace-poolaw-photographer-of-american-indian-modernity-paperback-softback-9781496228239","title":"Horace Poolaw, Photographer of American Indian Modernity (Paperback \/ softback) 9781496228239","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eHorace Poolaw, Photographer of American Indian Modernity\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eLaura E. Smith (Author), Linda Poolaw (Foreword by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781496228239\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 October 2021\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e228 pages, 68 photographs, 17 illustrations, index\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.6 cm, 0.348 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e“Smith has crafted a solid social history that helps us think beyond Edward S. Curtis’s nostalgic salvaging process. . . .  This book usefully follows [Smith’s] methodology, continually engaging and explaining Poolaw’s doubled life, providing a sense of contemporary social pressure as well as long-standing tribal values.”-Katherine Hauser, \u003ci\u003eGreat Plains Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\"Horace Poolaw's photography provides an important historical look at Kiowa life in the early twentieth century because he captured daily life as it happened. \u003ci\u003eHorace Poolaw: Photographer of American Indian Modernity\u003c\/i\u003e benefits from the ample inclusion of Poolaw photographs throughout.\"-Jared Eberle, \u003ci\u003eChronicles of Oklahoma\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e“Horace Poolaw was a . . . talented photographer whose work has gone largely unnoticed by mainstream art and photographic historians. Laura Smith does an excellent job of placing Poolaw’s work within a historical and cultural context and makes a convincing argument that these photographs reflect a conscious effort by Poolaw to understand and communicate a shifting Native American identity.”-Todd Stewart, associate professor of art, technology, and culture at the University of Oklahoma\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e“Poolaw’s photographs, and Smith’s narration of where they fit in the Kiowa story, impart a welcome perspective on Kiowa history and culture. Smith powerfully illustrates how, when viewed through the eyes of Poolaw, Kiowa people-like other Americans-are actively negotiating present and future identities in a rapidly globalizing world.”-Luke Eric Lassiter, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Power of Kiowa Song\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eHorace Poolaw: Photographer of American Indian Identity \u003c\/i\u003eis a fascinating profile of the life and times of a photographer whose work has been largely overlooked by mainstream art and photographic historians.\"-Marilyn Gates, \u003ci\u003eNew York Journal of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eLaura E. Smith unravels the compelling life story of Kiowa photographer Horace Poolaw (1906–84), one of the first professional Native American photographers. Born on the Kiowa reservation in Anadarko, Oklahoma, Poolaw bought his first camera at the age of fifteen and began taking photos of family, friends, and noted leaders in the Kiowa community, also capturing years of powwows and pageants at fairs, expositions, and other events.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Smith examines the cultural and artistic significance of Poolaw’s life in professional photography from 1925 to 1945 in light of European and modernist discourses on photography, portraiture, the function of art, Native American identity, and Native religious and political activism. Rather than through the lens of Native peoples’ inevitable extinction or within a discourse of artistic modernism, Smith evaluates Poolaw’s photography within art history and Native American history, questioning the category of “fine artist” in relation to the creative lives of Native peoples.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A tour de force of art and cultural history, \u003ci\u003eHorace Poolaw, Photographer of American Indian Modernity\u003c\/i\u003e illuminates the life of one of Native America’s most gifted, organic artists and documentarians and challenges readers to reevaluate the seamlessness between the creative arts and everyday life through its depiction of one man’s lifelong dedication to art and community.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eList of Illustrations    \u003cbr\u003e Foreword by Linda Poolaw    \u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments    \u003cbr\u003e Introduction    \u003cbr\u003e 1. Homeland    \u003cbr\u003e 2. Family    \u003cbr\u003e 3. History and Pageantry    \u003cbr\u003e 4. Warbonnets    \u003cbr\u003e 5. Postcards    \u003cbr\u003e 6. Art    \u003cbr\u003e Epilogue    \u003cbr\u003e Notes    \u003cbr\u003e Bibliography    \u003cbr\u003e Index \u003cp\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52599914791192,"sku":"9781496228239","price":21.56,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/horace-poolaw-photographer-of-american-indian-modernity-paperback-softback-9781496228239","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}