ISBN: 9783775729031 - stephen muecke: butcher joe (5 résultats)

Paperback. Etat : Acceptable. Acceptable - This is a significantly damaged book. It should be considered a reading copy only. Please order this book only if you are interested in the content and not the condition. May be ex-library. PAPERBACK Standard-sized.

Paperback. Etat : Good. Good - Bumped and creased book with tears to the extremities, but not affecting the text block, may have remainder mark or previous owner's name - GOOD PAPERBACK Standard-sized.

Etat : As New.

Taschenbuch. Etat : Sehr gut. Bilingual. Mängelexemplar, ungelesen, geringe Lagerspuren---. nein.

Hardcover. Etat : New. In this notebook, Australian writer Stephen Muecke describes the works of the Aboriginal artist Butcher Joe (1902-1989), who depicted the key ideas of his culture in the drawings reproduced here. These drawings show places where the dead visit the living, events at the threshold between waking and sleeping--legends of dreamtime that explain how the universe came into existence and the laws according to which people live. As a portrait of the indigenous Australian aesthetic, these drawings and the descriptive essay in the notebook allow the reader insight into the world and life of the people and their mythical principles, according to which all things-be they animal, human, or plant-is viewed in terms of its potential to transform.…