Home altars of mexico - Couverture souple

Salvo, Dana & Mesa-ba

 
9780500280195: Home altars of mexico
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0500280193 ISBN 13 : 9780500280195
Editeur : Thames & Hudson Ltd, 1999

Synopsis

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 provide the cultural and historical background to the practice of constructing domestic altars, linking ancient traditions to modern customs.

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Éditeur
Thames & Hudson Ltd
Date d'édition
1999
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0500280193
ISBN 13 
9780500280195
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
144
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
non disponible

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9780826317858: Home Altars of Mexico

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0826317855 ISBN 13 :  9780826317858
Editeur : Univ of New Mexico Pr, 1997
Couverture souple