Bird of Paradox

by Anderson, Eugene N.; Duff, Wilson

• ISBN13: 9780888393609
• ISBN10: 0888393601
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1996-11-01
• Publisher: Hancock House Pub Ltd

Summary

The tragic death of Wilson Duff at the age of 51, cut short the life of one of the leading experts on the arts and cultures of native peoples of the Northwest Coast. An anthropology professor at the University of B.C., his death, by his own hand, terminated his uncommonly perceptive research into the philosophy and psychology of Native art. Bird of Paradox consists of unpublished works by Duff which present his unique theoretical ideas that contribute to art scholarship, as well as creative writings and poetry which expose his emotional experiences with and feelings toward Native art and culture. Editor E. N. Anderson has provided detailed introductory material recounting Duff's life and work, and puts Duff's final contributions in the context of Northwest coast life.

Table of Contents

Preface	7	(9)
Part One: An Introduction to Wilson Duff	16	(104)
1 A Look at Wilson Duff	16	(8)
2 The Northwest Coast	24	(21)
3 Northwest Coast Art	45	(10)
4 Art and Religion	55	(15)
5 Assessing the Art	70	(9)
6 Wilson Duff's Theories of Northwest Coast Art	79	(11)
7 Deeper Interpretations	90	(16)
8 A Final Assessment	106	(10)
9 Notes on Specific Objects	116	(4)
Part Two: The Wilson Duff Material	120	(161)
10 Haida Art	120	(52)
11 Levels of Meaning in Haida Art	172	(13)
12 Haida Art Was for Thinking: Three Levels of Meaning in Northwest Coast Art	185	(20)
13 Notes To My Self	205	(11)
14 The Edenshaws	216	(35)
15 Raven and Frog	251	(18)
16 Poems	269	(12)
Notes	281	(2)
Glossary	283	(14)
Bibliography	297