Appropriation as practice : art and identity in Argentina / / Arnd Schneider.

This book makes a major contribution to the current debate on globalization, and more precisely to the question of how the "traffic in culture" is practiced, rationalized and experienced by visual artists. The book focuses on artistic practices in the appropriation of indigenous cultures,...

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Superior document:Studies of the Americas
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TeilnehmendeR:
Year of Publication:2006
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:Studies of the Americas.
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Physical Description:xv, 230 p. :; ill.
Notes:Revision of the author's thesis (Habilitation)--University of Hamburg, 2004.
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Summary:This book makes a major contribution to the current debate on globalization, and more precisely to the question of how the "traffic in culture" is practiced, rationalized and experienced by visual artists. The book focuses on artistic practices in the appropriation of indigenous cultures, and the construction of new Latin American identities. Appropriation is the fundamental theoretical concept developed to understand these processes.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-226) and indexes.
ISBN:1403983178
1403973148
9781403973146
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: Arnd Schneider.