Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents IX
3. Illustrations XI
4. Preface XV
5. A Note on Punctuation and the Primitive XXV
6. INTRODUCTION . TWO CENTURIES OF PROGRESS 1
7. PART ONE. THE DEATH OF AUTHENTIC PRIMITIVE ART
8. 1. Three Ways to Tell the History of (Primitive) Art 49
9. 2. What Became Authentic Primitive Art? 70
10. 3. The Universality of Art as a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy 102
11. 4. The Death of Authentic Primitive Art 118
12. 5. Authenticity, Primitivism, and Art Revisited 137
13. PART TWO. AND OTHER TALES OF PROGRESS
14. 6. Nationalizing the Pre-Columbian Past in Mexico and the United States 161
15. 7. The Cosmic Theme Park of the Javanese 188
16. 8. Making Progress on Borobudur 228
17. Afterword 267
18. Notes 273
19. References 285
20. Index 301
21. Illustration Credits 309