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Art Native American

Switchbacks

Art, Ownership, and Nuxalk National Identity

by (author) Jennifer Kramer

Publisher
UBC Press
Initial publish date
Nov 2011
Category
Native American, Native American Studies
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9780774841306
    Publish Date
    Nov 2011
    List Price
    $30.95
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780774812283
    Publish Date
    Jan 2007
    List Price
    $30.95
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780774812276
    Publish Date
    Mar 2006
    List Price
    $95.00

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Switchbacks explores how the Nuxalk of Bella Coola, British Columbia, negotiate such complex questions as: Who owns culture? How should culture be transmitted to future generations? Where does selling and buying Nuxalk art fit into attempts to regain control of heritage?

About the author

Jennifer Kramer holds a joint position as assistant professor in the department of anthropology and as curator of the Pacific Northwest at the Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia. She has worked with the Nuxalk Nation of Bella Coola, BC, since 1994 on cultural renewal, Nuxalk-controlled education, art production, representation, and repatriation, and the art market. Kramer has worked with the Kwakwaka'wakw since 2004 to collaborate on the care and curation of their cultural heritage in collections at the Museum of Anthropology. She lives in Vancouver, British Columbia.

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