Markets and Cultural Voices: Liberty vs. Power in the Lives of Mexican Amate Painters

by Tyler Cowen

Overview

This intriguing work explores the world of three amate artists. A native tradition, all of their painting is done in Mexico, yet, the finished product is sold almost exclusively to wealthy American art buyers.

Cowen examines this cultural interaction between Mexico and the United States to see how globalization shapes the lives and the work of the artists and their families. The story of these three artists reveals that this exchange simultaneously creates economic opportunities for the artists, but has detrimental effects on the village.

A view of the daily village life of three artists connected to the larger art world, this book should be of particular interest to those in the fields of cultural economics, Latino studies, economic anthropology and globalization.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780472024124
Publisher:	University of Michigan Press
Publication date:	11/10/2009
Series:	Economics, Cognition, And Society
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	202
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Tyler Cowen is Professor of Economics at George Mason University. His previous books include In Praise of Commercial Culture and What Price Fame?.

Table of Contents

\rrhp\ \lrrh: Contents\ \1h\ Contents \xt\ \comp: add page numbers on page proofs\ Acknowledgments 1. Introduction 2. Early Years and the Quest for Markets 3. American Discovery 4. The Lives Today 5. How the Outside World Shapes Politics: Public Choice and Local Government 6. Concluding and Summary Remarks Notes Bibliography Index