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

by Tyler Cowen

Book Overview

Explores the world of three Mexican artists to reveal how globalization shapes their lives

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 047206889X
• ISBN13: 9780472068890
• Release Date: April 2005
• Publisher: University of Michigan Press
• Length: 202 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.4" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Essential Reading for Collectors of Outsider Art

If you collect amate art this book is essential. For collectors of outsider art Professor Cowan provides an economic and cultural insight into the motives of the artists and the integral role they play in the culture. Highly readable, with wonderful anecdotes, what could be a dry subject is transformed into a page-turner.