Making and Taking: Evaluating the Ethnographic Gaze in Graciela Iturbide’s Los que viven en la arena
Date of Award
Spring 5-5-2023
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
Art & Art History
First Advisor
Lynda Klich
Second Advisor
Harper Montgomery
Academic Program Adviser
Lynda Klich
Abstract
Graciela Iturbide’s career-defining engagement with indigenous subjects began with a commission by the Mexican government's Instituto Nacional Indigenista (INI) to document the Seri people. This thesis contextualizes the resulting photobook, Los que viven en la arena (1981), within the history of indigenous representation in Mexico and the controversial policies of the INI.
Recommended Citation
Gonzales, Lauren, "Making and Taking: Evaluating the Ethnographic Gaze in Graciela Iturbide’s Los que viven en la arena" (2023). CUNY Academic Works.
https://academicworks.cuny.edu/hc_sas_etds/1059
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