{"product_id":"between-art-and-artifact-archaeological-replicas-and-cultural-production-in-oaxaca-mexico-paperback-softback-9780292754263","title":"Between Art and Artifact; Archaeological Replicas and Cultural Production in Oaxaca, Mexico (Paperback \/ softback) 9780292754263","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eBetween Art and Artifact\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eArchaeological Replicas and Cultural Production in Oaxaca, Mexico\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRonda L. Brulotte (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780292754263\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 July 2012\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e235 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.286 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eOaxaca 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDemonstrating 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePreface\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 1. Introduction: Between Art and Artifact, \u003ci\u003eThe Skull of Benito JuÁ\u003cbr\u003erez\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 2. A Wood-Carving Community, \u003ci\u003eFamily Photo\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 3. Arrazola's Other Craft, \u003ci\u003eTo the Top of Monte AlbÁ\u003cbr\u003en\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 4. Crafting the Past in the Present, \u003ci\u003eViews from the Pyramid\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 5. Replicating Authenticity, Authenticating Replicas, \u003ci\u003eDiscriminating Tastes\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 6. Replicas and the Ambiguity of Race and Indigeneity\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 7. Why Fake Jaguar Gods Matter\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNotes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBibliography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52530885951768,"sku":"9780292754263","price":18.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/between-art-and-artifact-archaeological-replicas-and-cultural-production-in-oaxaca-mexico-paperback-softback-9780292754263","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}