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Between art and artifact : archaeological replicas and cultural production in Oaxaca, Mexico /

Oaxaca is internationally renowned for its marketplaces and archaeological sites where tourists can buy inexpensive folk art, including replicas of archaeological treasures. Archaeologists, art historians, and museum professionals sometimes discredit this trade in "fakes" that occasionally...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Brulotte, Ronda L.
Formato: Documento de Gobierno Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Austin : University of Texas Press, ©2012.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction: Between Art and Artifact; The Skull of Benito Juárez; 2. A Wood-Carving Community; Family Photo; 3. Arrazola's Other Craft; To the Top of Monte Albán; 4. Crafting the Past in the Present; Views from the Pyramid; 5. Replicating Authenticity, Authenticating Replicas; Discriminating Tastes; 6. Replicas and the Ambiguity of Race and Indigeneity; 7. Why Fake Jaguar Gods Matter; Notes; Bibliography; Index.