Misplaced objects
Subtitle: migrating collections and recollections in Europe and the Americas
By: Silvia Spitta.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Austin
Language: eng
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9780292718975
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
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Misplaced objects and subject matters; title: The object as specimen; title: Migrating icons and sacred geographies in the Americas; title: Found objects and re-collecting subjects.