Wendat women's arts / Annette W. de Stecher.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

De Stecher, Annette W., author.

Contributor:

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Series:

McGill-Queen's/Beaverbrook Canadian Foundation studies in art history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Embroidery--Nation Huronne Wendat--History.

Embroidery.

Indigenous art--Nation Huronne Wendat.

Indigenous art.

Women artists--Nation Huronne Wendat.

Women artists.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xii, 228 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), map ; 29 cm.

Place of Publication:

Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, [[2022]

Summary:

"For centuries, women artists of the Wendat First Nation of Wendake in Quebec have created artworks of intricate design and complex meaning in moosehair and quill embroidery. Their work records and transmits ancestral knowledge across generations of artists and remains a vibrant and important practice today. Breaking new ground in Indigenous art histories, Wendat Women's Arts is the first book to bring together a full history of the Wendat embroidery art form. Annette de Stecher challenges the historical anonymity of Indigenous women artists by arguing for a central role for them in community history and ceremony. Through their art, these women played an important part in the diplomatic strategies that advanced the sovereignty of their nation, work that was an extension of their position of authority in their families and clans. Chiefs and community members wore finely embroidered attire as a brilliant focus of ceremonial events, a tradition that continues today. Women artists also supported their community economically as their embroidery was a souvenir of choice for European collectors. In vibrant illustrations, this book reconstructs the rich repertoire of Wendat embroidery now dispersed in collections throughout the world. Wendat Women's Arts combines a depth of historical understanding with a keen knowledge of contemporary Wendat artists, demonstrating that the story of Wendat women is one of cultural strength, innovation, resilience, and success."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Wendat Culture: Social and Political Customs

2. "Our Nearest Neighbors": Wendat Arts of the 1770s and 1820s

3. Of Artists, Chiefs, and Kings, 1820s to 1850s

4. Embroidered Diplomacy: The Elgin Plaques

5. Cultural Diplomacy and Ancestral Traditions after 1850

6. The Continuing Story of Wendat Artists: Always of Their Time.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-222) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: De Stecher, Annette W. Wendat women's arts.

ISBN:

9780228010678

0228010675

OCLC:

1274200832

Publisher Number:

99990943030