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Author Valiant, Seonaid, author.

Title Ornamental nationalism : archaeology and antiquities in Mexico, 1876-1911 / by Seonaid Valiant.

Publication Info. Leiden : Brill, [2018]
©2018

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 291 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Brill's studies in intellectual history.
Brill's studies on art, art history, and intellectual history ; v. 20
Brill's studies in intellectual history. Brill's studies on art, art history, and intellectual history ; v. 20.
Summary In 'Ornamental Nationalism: Archaeology and Antiquities in Mexico, 1876-1911', Seonaid Valiant examines the Porfirian government's reworking of indigenous, particularly Aztec, images to create national symbols. She focuses in particular on the career of Mexico's first national archaeologist, Inspector General Leopoldo Batres He was a controversial figure who was accused of selling artifacts and damaging sites through professional incompetence by his enemies, but who also played a crucial role in establishing Mexican control over the nation's archaeological heritage. Exploring debates between Batres and his rivals such as the anthropologists Zelia Nuttall and Marshall Saville, Valiant reveals how Porfirian politicians reinscribed the political meaning of artifacts while social scientists, both domestic and international, struggled to establish standards for Mexican archaeology that would undermine such endeavors.
An examnination of how the Porfirians reinscribed the political meaning of indigenous icons, particularly Aztec, while social scientists, both domestic and international, struggled to establish standards for Mexican archaeology that would undermine such endeavors.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Nation building -- Designing the porfiriato -- Rag of barbarism: Aztecs and Mayas in international thought (1804-1911) -- The inspector general and conservator of archaeological monuments -- Batres in the field -- Batres fought with all the world -- The grand tour: International Congress of Americanists, Mexico City, 1910.
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Subject Signs and symbols -- Mexico -- History.
Signs and symbols.
Mexico.
History.
Nationalism -- Mexico -- History.
Nationalism.
Mexico -- Politics and government -- 1867-1910.
Politics and government.
Chronological Term 1867-1910
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Valiant, Seonaid. Ornamental Nationalism. Leiden : Brill, [2018] 9789004353985 (DLC) 2017470457 (OCoLC)1012942137
ISBN 9789004353992 (electronic book)
9004353992 (electronic book)
9789004353985 (hardback)
9004353984 (hardback)