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Errington, Shelly, 1944-

The death of authentic primitive art and other tales of progress / Shelly Errington. - xxvii, 309 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-300) and index.

List of Illustrations -- Preface -- A Note on Punctuation and the Primitive -- Introduction: Two Centuries of Progress -- The Death of Authentic Primitive Art -- Three Ways to Tell the History of (Primitive) Art -- What Became Authentic Primitive Art? -- The Universality of Art as a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy -- The Death of Authentic Primitive Art -- Authenticity, Primitivism, and Art Revisited -- And Other Tales of Progress: Nationalism, Modernization, Development -- Nationalizing the Pre-Columbian Past in Mexico and the United States -- The Cosmic Theme Park of the Javanese -- Making Progress on Borobudur -- Afterword -- Notes -- References -- Index -- Illustration Credits. Pt. 1. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Pt. 2. 6. 7. 8.

ISBN: 0520210956 9780520210950

LCCN: 98017204

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Art and anthropology
Art, Primitive
Art and society.
Ethnological museums and collections

LC Class. No.: N72.S6 / E77 1998

Dewey Class. No.: 709.011