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We Are at Home: Pictures of the Ojibwe People
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In this collection of more than 200 stunning and storied photographs, ranging from daguerreotypes to studio portraits to snapshots, historian Bruce White explores historical images taken of Ojibwe people through 1950 and considers the negotiation that went on between the photographers and the photographed–and what power the latter wielded. Ultimately, this book tells more about the people in the pictures–what they were doing on a particular day, how they came to be photographed, how they made use of costumes and props–than about the photographers who documented, and in some cases doctored, views of Ojibwe life.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #214096 in Books
- Published on: 2008-02-15
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Paperback
- 260 pages
Editorial Reviews
From School Library Journal
Adult/High School–From the mid-19th to the mid-20th century, photographers, most of them white, took thousands of pictures of the Ojibwe people of northern Minnesota. Anthropologist White's book reproduces hundreds of these photographs and describes the circumstances under which they were taken and the background and approach of the photographers. White people, he argues, while not ill-intentioned, photographed the Ojibwe in a way that reinforced the photographer's cultural view of Indians as exotic others, while Ojibwe photographing their own people provided a more accurate cultural context. The author provides interesting insights into Ojibwe/white relations, although an occasional bit of turgid prose suggests the book's connection to his doctoral dissertation. The major attraction for teens will be the beautifully reproduced photographs that document, however imperfectly, the lives of the Ojibwe during a century of change. A worthy addition to libraries that support Native American studies, especially those in the upper Midwest.–Sandy Schmitz, Berkeley Public Library, CA
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Customer Reviews
Compelling pictures that reveal a depth in the eyes...
This compendium of pictures taken over the last century in Minnesota's indian country reveal the sufferings of poverty, the pride of the people in their lives, and the ways in which white photographers posed and mis-read these people, in creating images that are at once lame and also in a strange way documentary of the lives of the Ojibwe.
This is a valuable book, a moment in the history of the Ojibwe that is too seldom documented. The author tells the story with great sensitivity.
I FOUND MY FAMILY
This is an excellent over all book. My personal reason for liking it is, I found the oldest known picture of my family. My great-great grandmother and father are pictured in this book. Finding this picture lead me to do more family research. Good pictures. Thanks
