Markets and Cultural Voices

Liberty vs. Power in the Lives of Mexican Amate Painters

Business & Finance, Economics, Economic Development
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Author: Tyler Cowen ISBN: 9780472024124
Publisher: University of Michigan Press Publication: November 10, 2009
Imprint: University of Michigan Press Language: English
Author: Tyler Cowen
ISBN: 9780472024124
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Publication: November 10, 2009
Imprint: University of Michigan Press
Language: English

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.

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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.

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