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An innovative ethnographic study of tourist art markets in Oaxaca, Mexico, where making and selling replicas of pre-Hispanic archaeological pieces is sometimes met with disdain, despite the artisanal quality and rich heritage associated with the practice

Table of Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Chapter 1. Introduction: Between Art and Artifact, The Skull of Benito Juárez
  • Chapter 2. A Wood-Carving Community, Family Photo
  • Chapter 3. Arrazola's Other Craft, To the Top of Monte Albán
  • Chapter 4. Crafting the Past in the Present, Views from the Pyramid
  • Chapter 5. Replicating Authenticity, Authenticating Replicas, Discriminating Tastes
  • Chapter 6. Replicas and the Ambiguity of Race and Indigeneity
  • Chapter 7. Why Fake Jaguar Gods Matter
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

Between Art and Artifact Archaeological Replicas

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      Publisher: University of Texas Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/07/2012
      ISBN13: 9780292754263, 978-0292754263
      ISBN10: 0292754264

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      An innovative ethnographic study of tourist art markets in Oaxaca, Mexico, where making and selling replicas of pre-Hispanic archaeological pieces is sometimes met with disdain, despite the artisanal quality and rich heritage associated with the practice

      Table of Contents
      • Preface
      • Acknowledgments
      • Chapter 1. Introduction: Between Art and Artifact, The Skull of Benito Juárez
      • Chapter 2. A Wood-Carving Community, Family Photo
      • Chapter 3. Arrazola's Other Craft, To the Top of Monte Albán
      • Chapter 4. Crafting the Past in the Present, Views from the Pyramid
      • Chapter 5. Replicating Authenticity, Authenticating Replicas, Discriminating Tastes
      • Chapter 6. Replicas and the Ambiguity of Race and Indigeneity
      • Chapter 7. Why Fake Jaguar Gods Matter
      • Notes
      • Bibliography
      • Index

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