Amazonian Indigenous Cultures in Art and Anthropological Exhibitions

Informationen zum Autor Cinthya Lana is a researcher at the University of Gothenburg developing a project of digital repatriation of Brazilian collections from the Swedish Museum of World Cultures (Världskulturmuseet), as well as opening the collections for long-term research to indigenous students from the Amazonian region. Klappentext The book discusses the representation of Amazonian indigenous cultures in exhibitions from a postcolonial perspective through the analysis of several temporary exhibitions taking place in both art and anthropological institutions from the 1980s onwards. Zusammenfassung The book discusses the representation of Amazonian indigenous cultures in exhibitions from a postcolonial perspective through the analysis of several temporary exhibitions taking place in both art and anthropological institutions from the 1980s onwards. Inhaltsverzeichnis Abbreviations; List of Figures; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter One, Primitivism and Magiciens: The Amazon in the Art World; Chapter Two, Contemporary Cannibalisms: The 24th Bienal de São Paulo; Chapter Three, The Hidden and the Unknown: Amazonian Exhibitions at the British Museum; Chapter Four A Subdivided World: The Amazon in the Musée du quai Branly's Comparative Exhibitions; Conclusion; Notes; References; Index

Product details

• Authors: Cinthya Lana
• Publisher: Anthem Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.02.2022
• EAN: 9781839981593
• ISBN: 978-1-83998-159-3
• No. of pages: 284
• Series: Anthem Brazilian Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; ART / Museum Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Social and cultural history, Social and cultural anthropology, History of the Americas, Museology and heritage studies, HISTORY / Indigenous / General, Indigenous peoples / Indigeneity, Relating to Native American people / First Americans