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Home Altars of Mexico

Categorie	Fotografie (Kunst)
Boeknummer	#332043-AE5
Titel	Home Altars of Mexico
Auteur	Salvo, Dana (photographer)
Boektype	Paperback
Uitgeverij	London : Thames & Hudson
Jaar van uitgave	2002
ISBN10	0500280193
ISBN13	9780500280195
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Paperback, oblong, circa 22x27cm, illustrated with photographs.
Samenvatting	At the heart of many homes in Mexico is the "altarcito", or home altar: private shrines which have profound personal and familial meaning and reflect the vitality of Mexico's spiritual practices. The photographs in this collection depict the altars in detail. Some are constructed for special holidays - Christmas or the Day of the Dead - while others commemorate family members using photographs, mementoes and the deceased's favourite foods. For more than ten years, photographer Dana Salvo - a Guggenheim Fellow and Fulbright scholar - visited the Purepehcan Indians in Michoacan, the Chamulan and Zinacantan tribes in Chiapas, the Maya of the Yucatan peninsula, and several other isolated groups in the countryside. Essays by Ramon Gutierrez, Salvatore Scalora and William Beezley provi... (Lees verder)de the cultural and historical background to the practice of constructing domestic altars, linking ancient traditions to modern customs.
Pagina's	144
Conditie	Als nieuw — Still shrink wrapped.
Prijs	€ 8,00

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