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Bsumek brilliantly exposes the mercenary practices and advertising strategies by traders and assembly-line producers, the deep-seated romantic yearnings of adorers and purchasers of Navajo arts and crafts, the attempts to standardize and control shifting definitions of the 'authentic, ' and the struggles of Navajo artisans themselves. -- Peter Nabokov

A compelling book and significant contribution. -- Brian Hosmer Bsumek's powerful work makes us think in fresh ways about the awkward and often anxious relationship between indigenous peoples' creative expression and those who admire and collect it. -- James F. Brooks Bsumek brilliantly exposes the mercenary practices and advertising strategies by traders and assembly-line producers, the deep-seated romantic yearnings of adorers and purchasers of Navajo arts and crafts, the attempts to standardize and control shifting definitions of the 'authentic, ' and the struggles of Navajo artisans themselves. -- Peter Nabokov �A well-crafted study that draws from the best in the fields of cultural studies and social history to offer readers a theoretically sophisticated argument.�--Colleen O�Neill, author of Working the Navajo Way: Labor and Culture in the Twentieth Century �Bsumek's powerful work makes us think in fresh ways about the awkward and often anxious relationship between indigenous peoples� creative expression and those who admire and collect it.�--James F. Brooks, author of Captives and Cousins: Slavery, Kinship, and Community in the Southwest Borderlands �Bsumek brilliantly exposes the mercenary practices and advertising strategies by traders and assembly-line producers, the deep-seated romantic yearnings of adorers and purchasers of Navajo arts and crafts, the attempts to standardize and control shifting definitions of the 'authentic, ' and the struggles of Navajo artisans themselves.�--Peter Nabokov, author of A Forest of Time: American Indian Ways of History �A compelling and significant contribution that stands alongside the works of Philip Deloria, Colleen O�Neill, and Paige Raibmon, among others.�--Brian Hosmer, former director of the Newberry Library's D�Arcy McNickle Center for American Indian History -A well-crafted study that draws from the best in the fields of cultural studies and social history to offer readers a theoretically sophisticated argument.---Colleen O'Neill, author of Working the Navajo Way: Labor and Culture in the Twentieth Century -Bsumek's powerful work makes us think in fresh ways about the awkward and often anxious relationship between indigenous peoples' creative expression and those who admire and collect it.---James F. Brooks, author of Captives and Cousins: Slavery, Kinship, and Community in the Southwest Borderlands -Bsumek brilliantly exposes the mercenary practices and advertising strategies by traders and assembly-line producers, the deep-seated romantic yearnings of adorers and purchasers of Navajo arts and crafts, the attempts to standardize and control shifting definitions of the 'authentic, ' and the struggles of Navajo artisans themselves.---Peter Nabokov, author of A Forest of Time: American Indian Ways of History -A compelling and significant contribution that stands alongside the works of Philip Deloria, Colleen O'Neill, and Paige Raibmon, among others.---Brian Hosmer, former director of the Newberry Library's D'Arcy McNickle Center for American Indian History A well-crafted study that draws from the best in the fields of cultural studies and social history to offer readers a theoretically sophisticated argument. --Colleen O'Neill, author of Working the Navajo Way: Labor and Culture in the Twentieth Century Bsumek's powerful work makes us think in fresh ways about the awkward and often anxious relationship between indigenous peoples' creative expression and those who admire and collect it. --James F. Brooks, author of Captives and Cousins: Slavery, Kinship, and Community in the Southwest Borderlands Bsumek brilliantly exposes the mercenary practices and advertising strategies by traders and assembly-line producers, the deep-seated romantic yearnings of adorers and purchasers of Navajo arts and crafts, the attempts to standardize and control shifting definitions of the 'authentic, ' and the struggles of Navajo artisans themselves. --Peter Nabokov, author of A Forest of Time: American Indian Ways of History A compelling and significant contribution that stands alongside the works of Philip Deloria, Colleen O'Neill, and Paige Raibmon, among others. --Brian Hosmer, former director of the Newberry Library's D'Arcy McNickle Center for American Indian History

-A well-crafted study that draws from the best in the fields of cultural studies and social history to offer readers a theoretically sophisticated argument.---Colleen O'Neill, author of Working the Navajo Way: Labor and Culture in the Twentieth Century -Bsumek's powerful work makes us think in fresh ways about the awkward and often anxious relationship between indigenous peoples' creative expression and those who admire and collect it.---James F. Brooks, author of Captives and Cousins: Slavery, Kinship, and Community in the Southwest Borderlands -Bsumek brilliantly exposes the mercenary practices and advertising strategies by traders and assembly-line producers, the deep-seated romantic yearnings of adorers and purchasers of Navajo arts and crafts, the attempts to standardize and control shifting definitions of the 'authentic, ' and the struggles of Navajo artisans themselves.---Peter Nabokov, author of A Forest of Time: American Indian Ways of History -A compelling and significant contribution that stands alongside the works of Philip Deloria, Colleen O'Neill, and Paige Raibmon, among others.---Brian Hosmer, former director of the Newberry Library's D'Arcy McNickle Center for American Indian History

A well-crafted study that draws from the best in the fields of cultural studies and social history to offer readers a theoretically sophisticated argument. --<b>Colleen O'Neill</b>, author of <i>Working the Navajo Way: Labor and Culture in the Twentieth Century</i> Bsumek's powerful work makes us think in fresh ways about the awkward and often anxious relationship between indigenous peoples' creative expression and those who admire and collect it. --<b>James F. Brooks</b>, author of <i>Captives and Cousins: Slavery, Kinship, and Community in the Southwest Borderlands</i> Bsumek brilliantly exposes the mercenary practices and advertising strategies by traders and assembly-line producers, the deep-seated romantic yearnings of adorers and purchasers of Navajo arts and crafts, the attempts to standardize and control shifting definitions of the 'authentic, ' and the struggles of Navajo artisans themselves. --<b>Peter Nabokov</b>, author of <i>A Forest of Time: American Indian Ways of History</i> A compelling and significant contribution that stands alongside the works of Philip Deloria, Colleen O'Neill, and Paige Raibmon, among others. --<b>Brian Hosmer</b>, former director of the Newberry Library's D'Arcy McNickle Center for American Indian History

A well-crafted study that draws from the best in the fields of cultural studies and social history to offer readers a theoretically sophisticated argument. Colleen O Neill, author of Working the Navajo Way: Labor and Culture in the Twentieth Century Bsumek s powerful work makes us think in fresh ways about the awkward and often anxious relationship between indigenous peoples creative expression and those who admire and collect it. James F. Brooks, author of Captives and Cousins: Slavery, Kinship, and Community in the Southwest Borderlands Bsumek brilliantly exposes the mercenary practices and advertising strategies by traders and assembly-line producers, the deep-seated romantic yearnings of adorers and purchasers of Navajo arts and crafts, the attempts to standardize and control shifting definitions of the authentic, and the struggles of Navajo artisans themselves. Peter Nabokov, author of A Forest of Time: American Indian Ways of History A compelling and significant contribution that stands alongside the works of Philip Deloria, Colleen O Neill, and Paige Raibmon, among others. Brian Hosmer, former director of the Newberry Library s D Arcy McNickle Center for American Indian History This book represents an impressive historical analysis of the complex economic and social relationship that linked the Navajo to the consumer market in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. . . . It will be of considerable use to historians, anthropologists, museologists, and others with research interests in Native American production and market interactions. American Historical Review By revealing the market-driven ideas that fueled the demand for Navajo goods, and by examining the responses of Native people, this book sheds considerable light on a complicated cultural and economic issue. Business History Review This well-researched book gives valuable insights into the marketing of Navajo goods and culture [and] provides an interesting and informative view into the mentality of white traders and consumers of Navajo crafts. Southwestern Historical Quarterly The book is a testimony not only to Bsumek s skill as a researcher but also to her knack for conveying the complex products of that research with expertise and style. Montana The Magazine of Western History An excellent study of Navajo arts and crafts and the origins of Indian-made products in the marketplace. New Mexico Historical Review Bsumek throws light on the very human consequences of the commodification of Native craft and image. . . . She converts what some have seen as purely an economic phenomenon into one that is polyvalent and multilayered. Highly recommended. Choice

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Erika Marie Bsumek is assistant professor of history at the University of Texas at Austin.

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