| Description |
1 online resource (xxvii, 309 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Introduction: Two Centuries of Progress -- pt. 1. The Death of Authentic Primitive Art. 1. Three Ways to Tell the History of (Primitive) Art. 2. What Became Authentic Primitive Art? 3. The Universality of Art as a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy. 4. The Death of Authentic Primitive Art. 5. Authenticity, Primitivism, and Art Revisited -- pt. 2. And Other Tales of Progress: Nationalism, Modernization, Development. 6. Nationalizing the Pre-Columbian Past in Mexico and the United States. 7. The Cosmic Theme Park of the Javanese. 8. Making Progress on Borobudur |
| Summary |
In this lucid, witty, and forceful book, Shelly Errington argues that Primitive Art was invented as a new type of art object at the beginning of the twentieth century but that now, at the century's end, it has died a double but contradictory death. Authenticity and primitivism, both attacked by cultural critics, have died as concepts. At the same time, the penetration of nation-states, the tourist industry, and transnational corporations into regions that form |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-300) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Art and anthropology.
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Art and society.
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Ethnological museums and collections.
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ART -- History -- Prehistoric & Primitive.
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ART / History / Modern (late 19th Century to 1945)
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Art and anthropology
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Art and society
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Ethnological museums and collections
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780520920347 |
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0520920341 |
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0585129762 |
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9780585129761 |
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9780520212114 |
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0520212118 |
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