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

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    • Brulotte, Ronda L.

書誌事項

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

Ronda L. Brulotte

University of Texas Press, c2012

  • : pbk

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注記

Includes bibliographical references (p. [189]-204) and index

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巻冊次

ISBN 9780292737792

内容説明

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 make their way to the auction block as antiquities. Others argue that these souvenirs represent a long cultural tradition of woodcarving or clay sculpting and are "genuine" artifacts of artisanal practices that have been passed from generation to generation, allowing community members to preserve their cultural practices and make a living. Exploring the intriguing question of authenticity and its relationship to cultural forms in Oaxaca and throughout southern Mexico, Between Art and Artifact confronts an important issue that has implications well beyond the commercial realm. Demonstrating that identity politics lies at the heart of the controversy, Ronda Brulotte provides a nuanced inquiry into what it means to present "authentic" cultural production in a state where indigenous ethnicity is part of an awkward social and racial classification system. Emphasizing the world-famous woodcarvers of Arrazola and the replica purveyors who come from the same community, Brulotte presents the ironies of an ideology that extols regional identity but shuns its artifacts as "forgeries." Her work makes us question the authority of archaeological discourse in the face of local communities who may often see things differently. A departure from the dialogue that seeks to prove or disprove "authenticity," Between Art and Artifact reveals itself as a commentary on the arguments themselves, and what the controversy can teach us about our shifting definitions of authority and authorship.

目次

Preface Acknowledgments Chapter 1. Introduction: Between Art and Artifact The Skull of Benito Juarez Chapter 2. A Wood-Carving Community Family Photo Chapter 3. Arrazola's Other Craft To the Top of Monte Alban 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
巻冊次

: pbk ISBN 9780292754263

内容説明

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 make their way to the auction block as antiquities. Others argue that these souvenirs represent a long cultural tradition of woodcarving or clay sculpting and are "genuine" artifacts of artisanal practices that have been passed from generation to generation, allowing community members to preserve their cultural practices and make a living. Exploring the intriguing question of authenticity and its relationship to cultural forms in Oaxaca and throughout southern Mexico, Between Art and Artifact confronts an important issue that has implications well beyond the commercial realm. Demonstrating that identity politics lies at the heart of the controversy, Ronda Brulotte provides a nuanced inquiry into what it means to present "authentic" cultural production in a state where indigenous ethnicity is part of an awkward social and racial classification system. Emphasizing the world-famous woodcarvers of Arrazola and the replica purveyors who come from the same community, Brulotte presents the ironies of an ideology that extols regional identity but shuns its artifacts as "forgeries." Her work makes us question the authority of archaeological discourse in the face of local communities who may often see things differently. A departure from the dialogue that seeks to prove or disprove "authenticity," Between Art and Artifact reveals itself as a commentary on the arguments themselves, and what the controversy can teach us about our shifting definitions of authority and authorship.

目次

Preface Acknowledgments Chapter 1. Introduction: Between Art and Artifact, The Skull of Benito Juarez Chapter 2. A Wood-Carving Community, Family Photo Chapter 3. Arrazola's Other Craft, To the Top of Monte Alban 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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