Oaxaca: The Spirit of Mexico
""A riot of color and commotion, Oaxaca is Mexico at its most authentic and spontaneous."" --"Travel & Leisure" Each year, a quarter million Americans visit the Mexican state of Oaxaca, an ancient land where indigenous, pre-Columbian, and colonial worlds exist side by side. Photographer Judith Haden offers a pictorial love letter to Oaxaca, illuminating its everyday life in supersaturated blues, dazzling yellows, and pinks so hot they vibrate on the page. Compelling portraits of market vendors, folk art and artists, fiestas, and historic sites are matched by insightful prose. More than a dozen essays explore the street markets, religious festivals, "artes populares, " music, architecture, gastronomy, history, and language, tracing the palpable features of the faces of Oaxaca. With more than two hundred breathtaking color photographs, this volume captures the spirit and traditions of a valley whose dynamic culture, hospitable people, and rugged beauty have bewitched travelers since the time of Cortez.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:157965214X
ISBN13:9781579652142
Release Date:June 2002
Publisher:Artisan Publishers
Length:152 Pages
Weight:2.50 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 11.3" x 9.6"
Customer Reviews
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Oaxaca: The Spirit of Mexico
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 19 years ago
I purchased this book for a ten year old girl who is facinated with Oaxaca as I also am. I also purchased one for myself, it is a beautiful book and something wonderful to share with others. The illustrations are beautiful and very colorful, it depicts Oaxaca and their people as they truly are.
A wondrous book brimming with festive spirit
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 22 years ago
Oaxaca: The Spirit Of Mexico is a heady, joyous celebration of Mexican life and culture. A vivid, coffee-table extravaganza packed cover to cover with gorgeous, full-color photographs taken by Judith Cooper Haden are embellished with insightful text commentary by Matthew Jaffe. Highly recommended reading for the armchair traveler, Oaxaca is a wondrous book brimming with festive spirit and a deep connection to Mexico's rich past and exciting future.
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