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Misplaced objects : migrating collections and recollections in Europe and the Americas / Silvia Spitta.

Author/creator Spitta, Silvia, 1956-
Format Book and Print
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoAustin : University of Texas Press, 2009.
Descriptionxii, 280 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 31 cm.
Subject(s)
Acculturation--America --History.
Acculturation--Europe --History.
Material culture--America --History.
Material culture--Europe --History.
Collectors and collecting--Social aspects --Europe --History.
Museums--Social aspects --Europe --History.
America--Relations --Europe.
Europe--Relations --America.
America--Emigration and immigration --Social aspects --History.
Europe--Emigration and immigration --Social aspects --History.
Series Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long series in Latin American and Latino art and culture
Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long series in Latin American and Latino art and culture. ^A505316
Contents Introduction: Misplaced objects and subject matters -- The object as specimen -- Migrating icons and sacred geographies in the Americas -- Found objects and re-collecting subjects.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2008042051
ISBN9780292718975 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0292718977 (cloth : alk. paper)

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