Great Masters of Mexican Folk Art in Los Angeles: transnational exhibition, diasporic emplacement, and the expedient politics of display.

In this essay, I trace theGreat Masters of Mexican Folk Artexhibition from its inception in a privatized programme managed by the transnational bank Banamex through its multiple instantiations within U.S. museums in order to explore the transnational politics of the exhibition, as well as its role i...

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Publicado en:Cultural Studies Vol. 32; no. 2; pp. 194 - 223
Autor principal: Coffey, Mary K.
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Taylor & Francis Ltd Mar2018
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Sumario:In this essay, I trace theGreat Masters of Mexican Folk Artexhibition from its inception in a privatized programme managed by the transnational bank Banamex through its multiple instantiations within U.S. museums in order to explore the transnational politics of the exhibition, as well as its role in the diasporic emplacement of Mexican Americans. In so doing, I unsettle the ways we understand the commodification of difference through museum display and argue for the re-conceptualization of the museum as a transnational space in which varied multicultural imaginaries can be engaged and mobilized.