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Places for the Spirit de Vaughn Sills

Places for the Spirit

Autor Vaughn Sills Fotograf Vaughn Sills Cuvânt înainte de Hilton Als
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 15 sep 2010
"A collection of over 80 documentary photographs of African American gardens and their creators in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina. Includes a foreword by Hilton Als. The gardens' design and meanings can be traced to gardens of American slaves and further back to their African heritage"--Provided by publisher.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781595340641
ISBN-10: 1595340645
Pagini: 138
Ilustrații: 85 B&W photos
Dimensiuni: 288 x 286 x 21 mm
Greutate: 1.34 kg
Editura: Trinity University Press

Notă biografică

Lowry Pei is the author of three novels, including Family Resemblances, and numerous stories and reviews in publications such as the New York Times, the Boston Review, and the Modern Language Quarterly. He teaches at Simmons College and lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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Places for the Spirit is a stunning collection of over 80 documentary photographs of African American folk gardens — and their creators — in the Deep South (Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina). These landscapes have a unique historical significance due to the design elements and spiritual meanings that have been traced to the yards and gardens of American slaves and further back to their prior African heritage. These deceptively casual or whimsical foliage arrangements are subtle and symbolic reminders of the divine in everyday life, the cycles of nature, and implied right and wrong ways to live. In the spirit of “outsider” art traditions, blues musical roots, and other such folk manifestations, these gardens have a unique aesthetic and cultural significance. Over 20 years in the making, this is the first collection of fine art photography to document this subject and, as such, it adds greatly to our understanding and appreciation of this disappearing element of African American culture.