Amazonian Indigenous Cultures in Art and Anthropological Exhibitions

Cinthya Lana is a researcher at the University of Gothenburg developing a project of digital repatriation of Brazilian collections from the Swedish Museum of World Cultures (Världskulturmuseet), as well as opening the collections for long-term research to indigenous students from the Amazonian region.

• Abbreviations; List of Figures; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter One, Primitivism and Magiciens: The Amazon in the Art World; Chapter Two, Contemporary Cannibalisms: The 24th Bienal de São Paulo; Chapter Three, The Hidden and the Unknown: Amazonian Exhibitions at the British Museum; Chapter Four A Subdivided World: The Amazon in the Musée du quai Branly’s Comparative Exhibitions; Conclusion; Notes; References; Index

This ground-breaking work uses extensive archival research and informative illustrations to bring Amazonia-focused exhibitions to life under an astute, critical gaze combining anthropology, art history and museum studies. The thought-provoking analysis opens a new window on how we represent others and how they might be given the space to represent themselves. —Stephen Hugh-Jones, Honorary Emeritus Associate, King’s College, University of Cambridge, UK.