1st Edition
The Return of Cultural Heritage to Latin America Nationalism, Policy, and Politics in Colombia, Mexico, and Peru
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.
Biography
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.
