Indigenous Defamiliarizations

Wakeham's analysis invigorates discussions of this notion by showing ways in which the semiotic proximity of taxidermy and the Native body in the colonial imaginary "preserve" and thus forestall the disappearance of pre-contact ways of life merely in order to invoke tbeir continual di...

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Published inCanadian literature no. 200; pp. 189 - 377
Main Author Dobson, Kit
Format Book Review
LanguageEnglish
Published Vancouver The University of British Columbia - Canadian Literature 22.03.2009
Pacific Affairs. The University of British Columbia
Subjects
Human Genome Project
Laurier, Wilfrid (1841-1919)
Native culture
Native peoples
Peltier, Leonard
Prisons
Reading
Semiotics
Studies
Taxidermy
Women
Writing
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Summary:Wakeham's analysis invigorates discussions of this notion by showing ways in which the semiotic proximity of taxidermy and the Native body in the colonial imaginary "preserve" and thus forestall the disappearance of pre-contact ways of life merely in order to invoke tbeir continual disappearance and, thereby, to insist upon the ongoing death of Indigenous bodies, their ongoing disappearance in the world of late capital. Examining how film encodes the simultaneous presence and absence of Curtis' subjects, Wakeham extends her analysis of taxidermy to other cultural works, particularly C. Marius Barbeau's 1927 documentary Nass River Indians and its recording - within silent film- of Native voices on early phonographic wax cylinders.
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ISSN:0008-4360