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Oaxaca: The Spirit of Mexico

Oaxaca: The Spirit of Mexico

Phil Borges
3.8/5 ( ratings)
"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.
Language
English
Pages
168
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
Artisan
Release
June 15, 2002
ISBN
157965214X
ISBN 13
9781579652142

Oaxaca: The Spirit of Mexico

Phil Borges
3.8/5 ( ratings)
"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.
Language
English
Pages
168
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
Artisan
Release
June 15, 2002
ISBN
157965214X
ISBN 13
9781579652142

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