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Our indigenous ancestors a cultural history of museums, science, and identity in Argentina, 1877-1943
Title
Our indigenous ancestors [electronic resource] : a cultural history of museums, science, and identity in Argentina, 1877-1943 / Carolyne R. Larson.
ISBN
9780271073194
0271073195
9780271066967 (cloth : alk. paper)
Published
University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2015] (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015)
Physical Description
1 online resource (x, 221 pages :) : illustrations ;
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Summary
"Examines how museum anthropologists' scientific understandings of indigenous cultures during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries impacted creole Argentines' visions of national heritage and identity"--Provided by publisher.
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UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
Project MUSE – UPCC 2015 Complete Supplement.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
January 19, 2017
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Magic in the desert : indigenous bodies on display in the Museo de La Plata, 1877-1906
Prized objects : archaeological science and public actors in Buenos Aires, 1904-1930
El alma del norte : northwestern regionalism and anthropology, 1900-1940
Sensational discoveries : heroes, scandals, and the popularization of anthropology.
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