The Trickster Shift: Humour and Irony in Contemporary Native Art

Canada: UBC Press, 1999. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. "The influence and power of the Trickster figure - often embodied as Coyote - is deeply entwined with Native cultural sensibility and expressed through wry, ironic humour. In this entertaining and innovative book, Allan J. Ryan explores the Trickster's presence in the work of outstanding artists such as Carl Beam, Rebecca Belmore, Bob Boyer, Joane Cardinal-Schubert, George Littlechild, Jim Logan, Gerald McMaster, Shelley Niro, Ron Noganosh, Jane Ash Poitras, Edward Poitras, Bill Powless, and Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun." - dust jacket. "Captures the subtle humour and social satire of the new Native arts in Canada." - George F. MacDonald. "A richly illustrated volume that is destined to become a classic. A triumph of first-rate scholarship... on the mythical figure that inspired Indian humour long before the white man set foot on this continent." - Harvey Mindess. 303 pages. Generously illustrated in colour. References. Index. Printed upon glossy stock. Prior owner's name atop front free endpaper, otherwise book clean and unmarked with light wear. Moderate wear to dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A quality copy..