Markets and cultural voices : liberty vs. power in the lives of Mexican Amate painters /

Markets and cultural voices : liberty vs. power in the lives of Mexican Amate painters /

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Author / Creator:	Cowen, Tyler, author.
Imprint:	Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, ©2005.
Description:	1 online resource (x, 189 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Series:	Economics, cognition, and society Economics, cognition, and society.
Subject:	Nahuas -- Mexico -- San Agustín Oapan -- Economic conditions. Nahuas -- Mexico -- San Agustín Oapan -- Industries. Nahua art -- Mexico -- San Agustín Oapan. Folk art -- Mexico -- San Agustín Oapan. Indian business enterprises -- Mexico -- San Agustín Oapan. Handmade paper -- Mexico -- San Agustín Oapan. Amate (Plant) -- Economic aspects -- Mexico -- San Agustín Oapan. Economic history. Folk art. Indian business enterprises. Nahua art. Nahuas -- Economic conditions. Handmade paper. Social conditions. San Agustín Oapan (Mexico) -- Social conditions. San Agustín Oapan (Mexico) -- Economic conditions. Mexico -- San Agustín Oapan. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11226441

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ISBN:	9780472024124 0472024124 1282437798 9781282437791 9786612437793 6612437790 0472098896 9780472098897 047206889X 9780472068890
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references pages (175-181) and index. Restrictions unspecified Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 English. digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve Print version record.
Summary:	This intriguing work explores the world of three amate artists. A native tradition, all of their painting is done in Mexico, yet, the finished product is sold almost exclusively to wealthy American art buyers. Cowen examines this cultural interaction between Mexico and the United States to see how globalization shapes the lives and the work of the artists and their families. The story of these three artists reveals that this exchange simultaneously creates economic opportunities for the artists, but has detrimental effects on the village. A view of the daily village life of three artists.
Other form:	Print version: Cowen, Tyler. Markets and cultural voices. Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, ©2005
Standard no.:	10.3998/mpub.93438

Table of Contents:

Early years and the quest for markets
American discovery
The lives today
How the outside world shapes politics : public choice and local government.