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Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vi
3. Preface ix
4. INTRODUCTION: The French Paradox of Primitive Art 1
5. 1. THE MAKING OF A METROPOLITAN FETISH: A Fang Mask Transformed 19
6. 2. INVENTING ANTIQUITY: Henri Clouzot, André Level, and the Universal History of Primitive Art 43
7. 3. THE WINGS OF SNOBBERY: Paul Guillaume and the Launch of Art Nègre, 1911–29 85
8. 4. FROM ART NÈGRE TO ART PRIMITIF: Black Deco, Ethnology, and Surrealism in the Late 1920s 131
9. 5. SELLING THE “ARTS OF THE ANCESTORS”: Charles Ratton, the Art Market, and the Transatlantic Black Diaspora 173
10. 6. AUTHENTICITY WARS: Primitive Art between Metropole and Colony 235
11. CONCLUSION: With an Archival Prophecy 291
12. Acknowledgments 303
13. List of Archival Abbreviations 306
14. Notes 307
15. Index 341
16. Plate 1 - 10 351