The Value of Aesthetics Oaxacan Woodcarvers in Global Economies of Culture
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Unlike many other handicrafts in the Mexican state of Oaxaca, which have long cultural and historical trajectories, Oaxacan woodcarving began in the second half of the twentieth century and has always been done for the commercial market. In The Value of Aesthetics, Alanna Cant explores how one family’s workshop in the village of San Martín Tilcajete has become the most critically and economically successful, surpassing those of neighbors who use similar materials and techniques. The dominance of this family is tied to their ability to produce a new aesthetic that appeals to three key “economies of culture”: the tourist market for souvenirs, the national market for traditional Mexican artesanías, and the international market for indigenous art. Offering a new analytical model by which anthropologists can approach visual aesthetics and conceptualize the power of artworks as socially active objects, The Value of Aesthetics shows how aesthetic practices produce and redefine social and political relationships. By investigating the links between aesthetics and issues of production, authorship, ownership, and identity, Cant shows aesthetic change to be a process that ultimately repackages everyday life into commodified objects in Oaxaca.
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Cant, A. (2019). The Value of Aesthetics: Oaxacan Woodcarvers in Global Economies of Culture . University of Texas Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Cant, Alanna. 2019. The Value of Aesthetics: Oaxacan Woodcarvers in Global Economies of Culture. University of Texas Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Cant, Alanna. The Value of Aesthetics: Oaxacan Woodcarvers in Global Economies of Culture University of Texas Press, 2019.
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