The Road to Aztlan: Art from a Mythic Homeland

Fields, Virginia M.; Zamudio-Taylor, Victor; Los Angeles County Museum Of Art

ISBN 10: 0826324274 / ISBN 13: 9780826324276

Published by Los Angeles County Museum, 2001

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Light wear to jacket - nice clean copy.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Road to Aztlan: Art from a Mythic Homeland
• Publisher: Los Angeles County Museum
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0826324274
• ISBN 13: 9780826324276
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine

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Synopsis

Published in conjunction with the major exhibition, 'The Road to Aztlan: Art from a Mythic Homeland' explores the art derived from and created about the legendary area that encompasses the American Southwest and portions of Mexico long before they were separated by an international border. The book and accompanying exhibition view Aztlan as a metaphoric centre and allegorical place of origin for the various peoples of the Southwest and Mexico. Cultural interactions between the two areas span two millennia, beginning with maize cultivation, which spread north from Mexico around BC 1200. The book also investigates the relationship between myth and history as expressed in art and material culture of the region's inhabitants over time and the relationship and continuities of cultural practices over the course of the pre-Columbian, colonial, and contemporary eras. Crucial to these changing relationships are aspects of tradition and innovation within cultures as! people sought to negotiate, maintain, and redefine their identities in the face of social disruption.

About the Author

Virginia M Fields and Victor Zamudio-Taylor