Appropriation as Practice: Art and Identity in Argentina (Studies of the Americas)

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.--book Jacket. Ch. 1. Introduction : The Paradoxes Of Identity Of Argentina -- Ch. 2. Theoretical Foundations : On Appropriation And Culture Change -- Ch. 3. Buenos Aires Art World : Sites Of Appropriation -- Ch. 4. Copy And Creation : Potters, Graphic Designers, Textile Artists -- Ch. 5. Fashionable Savages : Photographic Representations Of The Indigenous -- Ch. 6. Setting Up Roots : On The Set Of A Cinema Movie In A Mapuche Reservation -- Ch. 7. Practices Of Artistic Fieldwork And Representation : The Case Of Teresa Pereda's Baja El Nombre De San Juan -- Ch. 8. Indiginization Of Identity -- App. I. Note On Methodology, Or The Challenge Of Artistic Practices -- App. Ii. Structure Of The Buenos Aires Art World. Arnd Schneider. Revision Of The Author's Thesis (habilitation)--university Of Hamburg, 2004. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [211]-226) And Index. How the "traffic in culture" is practiced, rationalized and experienced by visual artists in the globalized world. 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.