audiobook Much Ado About Nothing (Shakespeare Handbooks) by Alison Findlay in Arts-Photography

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What happens when a Native or indigenous person turns a video camera on his or her own culture? Are the resulting images different from what a Westernized filmmaker would create; and; if so; in what ways? How does the use of a non-Native art-making medium; specifically video or film; affect the aesthetics of the Native culture?These are some of the questions that underlie this rich study of Native American aesthetics; art; media; and identity. Steven Leuthold opens with a theoretically informed discussion of the core concepts of aesthetics and indigenous culture and then turns to detailed examination of the work of American Indian documentary filmmakers; including George Burdeau and Victor Masayesva; Jr. He shows how Native filmmaking incorporates traditional concepts such as the connection to place; to the sacred; and to the cycles of nature. While these concepts now find expression through Westernized media; they also maintain continuity with earlier aesthetic productions. In this way; Native filmmaking serves to create and preserve a sense of identity for indigenous people.