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Mexico: masks, rituals / Phyllis Galembo ; introduction, Sergio Rodriguez-Blanco ; plate selection, George Otis ; translation, Alexia Veytia-Rubio.
Van Pelt Library GT1748.M6 G35 2019
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Galembo, Phyllis, photographer.
- Language:
- English
- Spanish
- Subjects (All):
- Galembo, Phyllis.
- Carnival costume.
- Carnival masks.
- Costume.
- Masks.
- Mexico--Social life and customs.
- Mexico.
- Manners and customs.
- Masks--Mexico--Pictorial works.
- Costume--Mexico--Pictorial works.
- Carnival masks--Mexico--Pictorial works.
- Carnival costume--Mexico--Pictorial works.
- Photography, Artistic--Catalogs.
- Photography, Artistic.
- Galembo, Phyllis--Catalogs.
- Genre:
- Catalogs.
- Pictorial works.
- Illustrated works.
- Physical Description:
- 238 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Santa Fe, NM : Radius Books, [2019]
- Language Note:
- Text in English and Spanish.
- Summary:
- Since 1985, photographer Phyllis Galembo has traveled extensively to photograph sites of ritual dress in Africa and the Caribbean. In her latest body of work, collected in this new publication, Galembo turns to Mexico, where she captures cultural performances with a subterranean political edge. Using a direct, unaffected portrait style, Galembo captures her subjects informally posed but often strikingly attired in traditional or ritualistic dress. Masking is a complex tradition in which the participants transcend the physical world and enter the spiritual realm. Masks, costumes and body paint transform the human body and encode a rich range of political, artistic, theatrical, social and religious meanings on the body. In her vibrant color photographs, Galembo highlights the artistry of the performers, how they use materials from their immediate environment to morph into a fantastical representation of themselves and an idealized vision of a mythical figure. In a gorgeous, fascinating photographic survey of Mexico's masking practices, Galembo captures her subjects suspended between past, present and future, with their religious, political and cultural affiliations -- their personal and collective identifications -- displayed on their bodies. --Amazon.com
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Bernard W. Freeman Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781942185574
- 194218557X
- OCLC:
- 1103609855
- Publisher Number:
- 99981184235
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