TY - BOOK AU - Brulotte,Ronda L. TI - Between Art and Artifact: Archaeological Replicas and Cultural Production in Oaxaca, Mexico SN - 9780292737808 AV - F1219.1.O11 B78 2012 U1 - 972/.74 PY - 2021///] CY - Austin : PB - University of Texas Press, KW - Antiquites KW - Mexico KW - Oaxaca Valley KW - Reproduction KW - Art objects KW - Cultural property KW - Indian art KW - Indian wood-carving KW - Indians of Mexico KW - Material culture KW - ART / General KW - bisacsh N1 - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Preface --; Acknowledgments --; CHAPTER ONE. Introduction: Between Art and Artifact --; CHAPTER TWO. A Wood-Carving Community --; CHAPTER THREE. Arrazola’s Other Craft --; CHAPTER FOUR. Crafting the Past in the Present --; CHAPTER FIVE. Replicating Authenticity, Authenticating Replicas --; CHAPTER SIX. Replicas and the Ambiguity of Race and Indigeneity --; CHAPTER SEVEN. Why Fake Jaguar Gods Matter --; Notes --; Bibliography --; Index; restricted access N2 - Oaxaca is internationally renowned for its marketplaces and archaeological sites where tourists can buy inexpensive folk art, including replicas of archaeological treasures. Archaeologists, art historians, and museum professionals sometimes discredit this trade in “fakes” that occasionally make their way to the auction block as antiquities. Others argue that these souvenirs represent a long cultural tradition of woodcarving or clay sculpting and are “genuine” artifacts of artisanal practices that have been passed from generation to generation, allowing community members to preserve their cultural practices and make a living. Exploring the intriguing question of authenticity and its relationship to cultural forms in Oaxaca and throughout southern Mexico, Between Art and Artifact confronts an important issue that has implications well beyond the commercial realm. Demonstrating that identity politics lies at the heart of the controversy, Ronda Brulotte provides a nuanced inquiry into what it means to present “authentic” cultural production in a state where indigenous ethnicity is part of an awkward social and racial classification system. Emphasizing the world-famous woodcarvers of Arrazola and the replica purveyors who come from the same community, Brulotte presents the ironies of an ideology that extols regional identity but shuns its artifacts as “forgeries.” Her work makes us question the authority of archaeological discourse in the face of local communities who may often see things differently. A departure from the dialogue that seeks to prove or disprove “authenticity,” Between Art and Artifact reveals itself as a commentary on the arguments themselves, and what the controversy can teach us about our shifting definitions of authority and authorship UR - https://doi.org/10.7560/737792 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780292737808 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780292737808/original ER -