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    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
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Between Art and Artifact: Archaeological Replicas and Cultural Production in Oaxaca, Mexico

Between Art and Artifact: Archaeological Replicas and Cultural Production in Oaxaca, Mexico

Brulotte, Ronda L.

Paperback

Caribbean, Latin American & South American ArtFolk & Outsider ArtMexican History

ISBN10: 0292754264
ISBN13: 9780292754263
Publisher: Univ Of Texas Pr
Published: Jul 1 2012
Pages: 235
Weight: 0.77
Height: 0.54 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

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.

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