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Author Greene, David B

Title The Imagining of Community in the Arts of Guatemala : Weaving, Folk Tales, Marimba Performance, and Contemporary Painting
Published Lewiston : Edwin Mellen Press, 2010

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Description 1 online resource (201 pages)
Contents The paintings of Alejandro Wer -- Guatemalan marimba music -- Imagining space in Maya textiles and tales
Summary This book studies three types of Guatemalan art that represent imagines of community. The particular techniques and structure of each set of works project an imagining of community that is unique to those pieces. Studying the pieces together lays the groundwork for re-imagining the relation of arts and society. This book contains nineteen color photographs
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Arts and society -- Guatemala
ART -- Performance.
ART -- Reference.
Arts and society
Art, Architecture & Applied Arts.
Fine Arts - General.
Guatemala
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780773429604
0773429603