"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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
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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