Title: Misplaced objects : migrating collections and recollections in Europe and the Americas /
Authors: Spitta, Silvia, 1956-
Publisher: University of Texas Press,
Year: 2009
Subjects: Acculturation America History.; Acculturation Europe History.; Material culture America History.; Material culture Europe History.; Collectors and collecting Social aspects Europe History.; Museums Social aspects Europe History.; America Relations Europe.; Europe Relations America.; America Emigration and immigration Social aspects History.; Europe Emigration and immigration Social aspects History.
Contents: Introduction: Misplaced objects and subject matters -- The object as specimen -- Migrating icons and sacred geographies in the Americas -- Found objects and re-collecting subjects.