The Return of Cultural Heritage to Latin America

The Return of Cultural Heritage to Latin America takes a new approach to the question of returns and restitutions. It is the first publication to look at the domestic politics of claiming countries in order to understand who supports the claims and why.

Auteur

Pierre Losson has worked in French cultural centers in Mexico City and Lima for ten years. His research focuses on cultural policy in Latin America. He graduated in international relations from the Institut d'Études Politiques of Strasbourg, holds MAs in arts administration from the University of Lyon and Latin American and Caribbean Studies from Florida International University, and a Ph.D. in political science from The Graduate Center, CUNY. In fall 2020, he was a post-doctoral fellow at Columbia University's Italian Academy for Advanced Studies in America. He currently lives in New York City.

Résumé
The Return of Cultural Heritage to Latin America takes a new approach to the question of returns and restitutions. It is the first publication to look at the domestic politics of claiming countries in order to understand who supports the claims and why.

Contenu

List of Figures and Tables; Acknowledgements; Acronyms; Archives consulted for this research; Introduction The international debate on returns and restitutions; Chapter 1 Return claims from Peru, Mexico, and Colombia; Chapter 2 Return claims, instruments of the construction of national discourses; Chapter 3 The expansion of the cultural state; Chapter 4 Agency and politics in return claims: Who claims and whose claim?; Chapter 5 The role of international actors in return claims and their resolution; Conclusion; References; Index.