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INUIT WOMEN AND GRAPHIC ARTS: FEMALE CREATIVITY AND ITS CULTURAL CONTEXT

@inproceedings{Berlo1989INUITWA,
  title={INUIT WOMEN AND GRAPHIC ARTS: FEMALE CREATIVITY AND ITS CULTURAL CONTEXT},
  author={Janet Catherine Berlo},
  year={1989}
}
RESUME In contrast to the Euro-American art world and many fourth world societies, women have attained a remarkable place as leaders in the emerging Inuit art movement. The author examines this female preponderance in terms of artistic genius, economics, self-determination, traditional decision-making and southern marketing techniques. 
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