Collecting Mexico: Museums, Monuments, and the Creation of National Identity
Collecting Mexico: Museums, Monuments, and the Creation of National Identity
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Abstract
This book centers on the ways in which aesthetics and commercialism intersected in officially sanctioned public collections and displays in late nineteenth-century Mexico. The book approaches questions of origin, citizenry, membership, and difference by reconstructing the lineage of institutionally collected objects around which a modern Mexican identity was negotiated. In doing so, it arrives at a deeper understanding of the ways in which displayed objects become linked with nationalistic meaning and why they exert such persuasive force. Spanning the Porfiriato period from 1867 to 1910, the text illuminates the creation and institutionalization of a Mexican cultural inheritance. Employing a wide range of examples—including the erection of public monuments, the culture of fine arts, and the representation of Mexico at the Paris World’s Fair of 1889—the text pursues two strands of thought that weave together in surprising ways: national heritage as a transcendental value and patrimony as potential commercial interest.
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Front Matter
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Introduction
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Fine Art and Demand: Debating the Mexican National Canon, 1876–1910
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Our Archaeology: Science, Citizenry, Patrimony, and the Museum
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The Hidden Lives of Historical Monuments: Commerce, Fashion, and Memorial
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Collections at the World’s Fair: Rereading Mexico in Paris, 1889
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Collecting Numbers: Statistics and the Constructive Force of Deficiency
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End Matter
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