Martín Ramírez : framing his life and art /

Martín Ramírez : framing his life and art /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Espinosa, Victor M., author.
Edition:	First edition.
Imprint:	Austin : University of Texas Press, 2015. ©2015
Description:	xi, 298 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Ramírez, Martín, -- 1895-1963. Ramírez, Martín, -- 1895-1963. Mexican American artists -- Biography. Outsider artists -- Mexico -- Biography. Outsider artists -- California -- Biography. Artists with mental disabilities -- United States -- Biography. Artists with mental disabilities. Mexican American artists. Outsider artists. California. Mexico. United States. Biography.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10389769

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ISBN:	9781477307755 1477307753 9781477307915 9781477307922
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-286) and index.
Govt.docs classification:	Z UA380.8 ES656ma

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Introducing Martín Ramírez: A Transnational Migrant Worker from Los Altos de Jalisco
2. "Disoriented in Mind": Ramírez's Involuntary Seclusion
3. Art inside a Total Institution
4. A Psychotic Artist or the Mexican Henri Rousseau?
5. Marketing and Constructing the Reputation of an Outsider Master
6. The Enigma of Martín Ramírez
Notes
Index