Our indigenous ancestors : a cultural history of museums, science, and identity in Argentina, 1877-1943 / Carolyne R. Larson.
Material type: TextPublisher: University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2015]Description: 1 online resource (x, 221 pages) : illustrationsContent type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9780271073194
- 0271073195
- Anthropological museums and collections -- Social aspects -- Argentina -- History -- 19th century
- Anthropological museums and collections -- Social aspects -- Argentina -- History -- 20th century
- Anthropology -- Social aspects -- Argentina -- History -- 19th century
- Anthropology -- Social aspects -- Argentina -- History -- 20th century
- National characteristics, Argentine -- History -- 19th century
- National characteristics, Argentine -- History -- 20th century
- Indians of South America -- Argentina -- Antiquities
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- General
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Regional Studies
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- General
- HISTORY / Latin America / South America
- Anthropology -- Social aspects
- Indians of South America -- Antiquities
- National characteristics, Argentine
- Argentina
- 1800-1999
- 301.07482 23
- GN36.A75 L37 2015eb
"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.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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English.
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