Pocahontas Looks Back and Then Looks Elsewhere: The Entangled Gaze in Contemporary Indigenous Art
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Author/Creator
Monika Siebert
ab-Original, vol. 2, no. 2, The Entangled Gaze, 2018, pp. 207-226
Description
Author provides a historical analysis of “the returned gaze” in art by examining different images of Pocahontas beginning with Simon van de Passe's 1616 engraving Matoaka als Lady Rebecca; discusses how “the returned gaze” is used in contemporary works.