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Speak the wind / Hoda Afshar.
LIBRA TR659.5 .A37 2021
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Afshar, Hoda, 1983- photographer.
- Language:
- English
- Undetermined
- Subjects (All):
- Afshar, Hoda, 1983---Catalogs.
- Afshar, Hoda.
- Photography, Artistic--21st century.
- Photography, Artistic.
- Photography--Iran--21st century.
- Photography.
- Outdoor photography--Iran.
- Outdoor photography.
- Winds--Iran--History.
- Winds.
- Photobooks--Iran.
- Photobooks.
- Iran--Pictorial works.
- Iran.
- Genre:
- photobooks.
- History.
- Pictorial works.
- Photobooks.
- Physical Description:
- 1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- [London] : MACK, [2021]
- Summary:
- On the islands in the Strait of Hormuz, off the southern coast of Iran, there is a common belief that the winds can possess a person, bringing illness and disease. The existence of similar convictions in some African countries suggests that the cult may have been brought to Iran from southeast Africa through the Arab slave trade. This history is rarely spoken about but these winds and the traces they have left on the islands and their inhabitants are the touchstone for Hoda Afshar's 'Speak The Wind.' Through her subtle and perceptive images of the extraordinary landscapes, the people and their rituals, Afshar's beautiful and complex book attempts to picture the wind and its psychic entanglements, to form a visible record of the invisible.
- Notes:
- Includes text "Winds of history" by Michael Taussig, in English on folded page 3 of printed paper wrapper, and in Persian on folded page 2 of wrapper.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9781913620189
- 1913620182
- OCLC:
- 1225976675
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