{"product_id":"collecting-mexico-shelley-e-garrigan-9780816670932","title":"Collecting Mexico: Museums, Monuments, and the Creation of National Identity","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCollecting Mexico\u003c\/i\u003e centers on the ways in which aesthetics and commercialism intersected in officially sanctioned public collections and displays in late nineteenth-century Mexico. Shelley E. Garrigan approaches questions of origin, citizenry, membership, and difference by reconstructing the lineage of institutionally collected objects around which a modern Mexican identity was negotiated. In doing so, she arrives at a deeper understanding of the ways in which displayed objects become linked with nationalistic meaning and why they exert such persuasive force.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSpanning the Porfiriato period from 1867 to 1910, \u003ci\u003eCollecting Mexico\u003c\/i\u003e illuminates the creation and institutionalization of a Mexican cultural inheritance. Employing a wide range of examples-including the erection of public monuments, the culture of fine arts, and the representation of Mexico at the Paris World's Fair of 1889-Garrigan pursues two strands of thought that weave together in surprising ways: national heritage as a transcendental value and patrimony as potential commercial interest.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCollecting Mexico\u003c\/i\u003e shows that the patterns of institutional collecting reveal how Mexican public collections engendered social meaning. Using extensive archival materials, Garrigan's close readings of the processes of collection building offer a new vantage point for viewing larger issues of identity, social position, and cultural\/capital exchange.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Shelley E. Garrigan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0816670935\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780816670932\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Minnesota Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/28\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.61lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.40w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2012","brand":"Shelley E. Garrigan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47965155623167,"sku":"9780816670932","price":25.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c6fbfd74-5d5a-4e97-b03f-22227188bc28.jpg?v=1767278860","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/collecting-mexico-shelley-e-garrigan-9780816670932","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}