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Art‐writing in the modern Maya art world of Chichén Itzá: Transcultural ethnography and experimental fieldwork
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ABSTRACTIn this article I examine the modern Maya art world of Chichén Itzá, México. My ethnographic focus is the political history and technical and aesthetic development of the Pisté Maya art “tradition” that emerged within the transcultural contexts of the anthropological fascination with and touristic consumption of the Maya. I also describe the experimental ethnography project that was developed to study the transcultural dynamics of the Chichén art world.
Title: Art‐writing in the modern Maya art world of Chichén Itzá: Transcultural ethnography and experimental fieldwork
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ABSTRACTIn this article I examine the modern Maya art world of Chichén Itzá, México.
My ethnographic focus is the political history and technical and aesthetic development of the Pisté Maya art “tradition” that emerged within the transcultural contexts of the anthropological fascination with and touristic consumption of the Maya.
I also describe the experimental ethnography project that was developed to study the transcultural dynamics of the Chichén art world.
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