Good pictures are a strong weapon: Laura Gilpin, queerness, and Navajo sovereignty

Abstract

"A fundamental dilemma exists in documentary photography: can white artists successfully portray Indigenous lives and communities in a manner that neither appropriates nor romanticizes them? With an attentive and sensitive eye, Louise Siddons examines lesbian photographer Laura Gilpin's classic 1968 book The Enduring Navaho to illuminate the intersectional politics of photography, Navajo sovereignty, and queerness over the course of the twentieth century"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents

Introduction : queer intersections -- Looking like a lesbian -- The price of salt -- Seeing the four sacred mountains -- A Navaho family -- New ceremonies -- Conclusion : queer translation.