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N. Scott Momaday and the Sense of the sacred
Yvelinedition - EAN : 9782846686211
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EAN : 9782846686211
Paru le : 4 juin 2018
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- EAN13 : 9782846686211
- Editeur : Yvelinedition
- Date Parution : 4 juin 2018
- Disponibilite : Disponible
- Barème de remise : NS
- Nombre de pages : 182
- Format : H:260 mm L:210 mm E:12 mm
- Poids : 615gr
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Résumé :
A Native Poet and artist, a univeral voice
Preface by Philippe Ratte,
Introduction by W. Richard West Jr
This book brings a deeply informed international perspective on the work and life of N. Scott Momaday, UNESCO Artist for Peace, poet, novelist, storyteller, playwright and painter. In 1969, firstAmerican Indian to win the Pulitzer Prize for House Made of Dawn, Momaday paved the way for the recognition of several generations of gifted Native American writers.Momaday’s voice has contributed to a better understanding and greater visibility of Native American cultures, communities, and traditions beyond regional and national borders. In his capacity of Artist for Peace at UNESCO he became an emblematic figureof the cultural renaissance of Native Americans and of Indigenous rights on the international scene.This book puts in evidence Momaday’s role as an emissary of Native values and his contribution to intercultural dialogue. Richly illustrated, it presents some of his most significantdrawings, paintings and etchings. The combination of poetry and visuals brings to light the complementarity of both modes of expression in Momaday’s work.A brilliant and moving volume… insightful and beautifully written…N. Scott Momaday’s capacity for understanding the power and importance of indigeneity in arts and culture transcends even his luminous standing in his own cultural community, as through This book brings a deeply informed international perspective on the work and life of N. Scott Momaday, UNESCO Artist for Peace, poet, novelist, storyteller, playwright and painter. In 1969, firstAmerican Indian to win the Pulitzer Prize for House Made of Dawn, Momaday paved the way for the recognition of several generations of gifted Native American writers.Momaday’s voice has contributed to a better understanding and greater visibility of Native American cultures, communities, and traditions beyond regional and national borders. In his capacity of Artist for Peace at UNESCO he became an emblematic figureof the cultural renaissance of Native Americans and of Indigenous rights on the international scene.This book puts in evidence Momaday’s role as an emissary of Native values and his contribution to intercultural dialogue. Richly illustrated, it presents some of his most significantdrawings, paintings and etchings. The combination of poetry and visuals brings to light the complementarity of both modes of expression in Momaday’s work.A brilliant and moving volume… insightful and beautifully written…N. Scott Momaday’s capacity for understanding the power and importance of indigeneity in arts and culture transcends even his luminous standing in his own cultural community, as through time he became, literally and figurativel, an ambassador of it to the world.
- Biographie : Joëlle Rostkowski, ethnohistorian, holds a Ph.D. from the School of Higher Studies in Social Sciences in Paris (EHESS) and an M.A. in American Studies from Cornell University. She is an international consultant and teaches at the EHESS. She was scientifi consultant for the Plains Indians exhibit held in Paris at the Quai Branly Museum in 2014. She is the author of several books and many articles on American and Native American History, including: The Incomplete Conversion: North American Indians and Christianity, Native American Renaissance: A Century of Reconquests, winner of the 2002 French Academy History Prize and Conversations with Remarkable Native Americans. She is the founder, with Nicolas Rostkowski, her husband, of Orenda Art International and managing partner of Orenda Gallery, where Native American artists are regularly exhibited and included into the mainstream of contemporary art.
