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Art across Frontiers: Cross-cultural Encounters in America. Introduction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 April 2013

Abstract

This short introduction provides a brief overview of the special issue, by addressing the main historiographical and theoretical concerns that unite the individual contributions and by placing the essays in comparative, inter-American and interdisciplinary perspective. What do comparative analyses tell us about patterns of cross-cultural exchange in the visual arts? More specifically, what do these analyses tell us about the role of ethnic agency and audience, and the complex relationship between artistic practice and the “mainstream,” the local and the global?

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Art Across Frontiers Forum
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2013

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