Markets And Cultural Voices

by Cowen, Tyler

• ISBN13: 9780472068890
• ISBN10: 047206889X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-04-20
• Publisher: Univ of Michigan Pr

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 connected to the larger art world, this book should be of particular interest to those in the fields of cultural economics, Latino studies, economic anthropology and globalization.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	ix
Introduction	1	(12)
Early Years and the Quest for Markets	13	(28)
American Discovery	41	(32)
The Lives Today	73	(36)
How the Outside World Shapes Politics: Public Choice and Local Government	109	(32)
Concluding and Summary Remarks	141	(18)
Notes	159	(16)
Bibliography	175	(8)
Index	183