Format:
1 Online-Ressource (301 pages)
ISBN:
9789004353992
Series Statement:
Brill's Studies on Art, Art History, and Intellectual History Ser Volume 269
Content:
"In Ornamental Nationalism: Archaeology and Antiquities in Mexico, 1876-1911, Seonaid Valiant examines the Porfirian government's reworking of indigenous, particularly Aztec, images to create national symbols. She focuses in particular on the career of Mexico's first national archaeologist, Inspector General Leopoldo Batres. He was a controversial figure who was accused of selling artifacts and damaging sites through professional incompetence by his enemies, but who also played a crucial role in establishing Mexican control over the nation's archaeological heritage. Exploring debates between Batres and his rivals such as the anthropologists Zelia Nuttall and Marshall Saville, Valiant reveals how Porfirian politicians reinscribed the political meaning of artifacts while social scientists, both domestic and international, struggled to establish standards for Mexican archaeology that would undermine such endeavors"--
Content:
"Contents" -- "Acknowledgments" -- "List of Figures" -- "Introduction" -- "Rise of Professionalism" -- "Archaeology and Nationalism" -- "Artifacts and Authority" -- "Overview of the Book" -- "Part 1" -- "Chapter 1 Nation Building" -- "Mexico before the Porfiriato" -- "Porfirio DÃaz" -- "European Influences on the Porfiriato" -- "Monumentalism in Mexico" -- "Heir to Juárez" -- "Heir to the Aztecs" -- "Creating the Image of the Nation" -- "Symbols of Centralization" -- "Chapter 2 Designing the Porfiriato" -- "Mexico in Paris" -- "Porfiriopoxtli" -- "Policies" -- "Assimilation" -- "Aztec Patriotism: Sierra and Chavero" -- "Chapter 3 Rag of Barbarism: Aztecs and Mayas in International Thought (1804â1911)" -- "Shifting Ideas" -- "Baron Alexander von Humboldt" -- "Humboldtâs Influence on Other Archaeologists" -- "Translating the Mayas: John Lloyd Stephens" -- "Iroquois of the South: Prescott and Morgan" -- "Sacrifice" -- "Popular Culture" -- "Part 2" -- "Chapter 4 The Inspector General and Conservator of Archaeological Monuments" -- "Antiquities" -- "Leopoldo Batres (1852â1926)" -- "Nepotism" -- "Batres and the Scholarly Community" -- "Batresâs Background" -- "Race" -- "HrdliÄka" -- "Manuel Gamio" -- "Chapter 5 Batres in the Field" -- "Policing Archaeological Zones" -- "Saville Seeks Access" -- "Escalerillas: The Street of Staircases" -- "Conflict in New York" -- "Thompson in the Yucatán" -- "Batres at Teotihuacán" -- "Chapter 6 Batres Fought with All the World" -- "La Isla de Sacrificios: Batres and Nuttall" -- "Zelia Nuttall" -- "Isla de Sacrificios" -- "The National Museum" -- "Chapter 7 The Grand Tour: International Congress of Americanists, Mexico City, 1910" -- "Two Automobiles from Teotihuacán: Corruption" -- "Map from Teotihuacán" -- "Eugène Boban" -- "Batresâs Exit" -- "Conclusion" -- "Bibliography
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789004353985
Additional Edition:
Print version Valiant, Seonaid Ornamental Nationalism : Archaeology and Antiquities in Mexico, 1876-1911 Boston : BRILL,c2017 ISBN 9789004353985
Language:
English
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