If It's Not Shamanic, Is It Sham? An Examination of Media Responses to Woodland School Art

Authors

  • Valda Blundell Carleton University
  • Ruth Phillips Carleton University

Abstract

This paper examines media responses to both "Woodland School" painting and that of its founder, Norval Morrisseau. Reactions of the media, museums and galleries, and their confusing classifications of Woodland School art as both ethnographic material and modern art are assessed. Two dominant themes in media treatment of Woodland School art, the survivalistic and the revivalistic, are identified. Finally, the ways these responses misrepresent the intended meanings and goals of the artists are discussed.

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Published

2022-05-16

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Blundell, V., & Phillips, R. (2022). If It’s Not Shamanic, Is It Sham? An Examination of Media Responses to Woodland School Art. Anthropologica, 25(1), 117–132. Retrieved from https://cas-sca.journals.uvic.ca/index.php/anthropologica/article/view/1634

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Vol. 25 No. 1 (1983): Native North Americans and the Media: Studies in Minority Journalism

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