| Description |
xxvii, 309 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| 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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Art and anthropology.
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Art and society.
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Art, Primitive.
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Ethnological museums and collections.
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| LC no. |
98017204 |
| ISBN |
0520210956 (alk. paper) |
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0520212118 (paperback: alk. paper) |
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