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Subjective Atlas of Palestine

Door Annelys de Vet

Categorie	Algemeen Kunst
Boeknummer	#299264
Titel	Subjective Atlas of Palestine
Auteur	Vet, Annelys de
Boektype	Paperback
Uitgeverij	Rotterdam : 010 Publishers
Jaar van uitgave	2007
ISBN10	9064506485
ISBN13	9789064506482
Taal	Nederlands
Beschrijving	Original wrappers, illusrations in colour, 8vo.
Samenvatting	Best Dutch Book Design 2007 Sublime landscapes, tranquil urban scenes, frolicking children; who would associate these images with Palestine? All too often the Western media show the country's gloomy side, and Palestinians as aggressors. It is this that makes identifying with them virtually impossible. If we are to relate to the Palestinians other images are needed, images seen from a cultural and more human vantage point. The Dutch designer Annelys de Vet invited Palestinian artists, photographers and designers to map their country as they see it. Given their closeness to the subject, this has resulted in unconventional, very human impressions of the landscape and the architecture, the cuisine, the music and the poetry of thought and expression. The drawings, photographs, maps and narrat... (Lees verder)ives made for this atlas reveal individual life experiences, from preparing chickpeas to a manual on water pipe smoking, from historic dress to modern music. Pages containing humorous and caustic newspaper cartoons and invented Palestinian currency followed by colourful cultural diaries and moving letters from prisoners. All in all, the contributions give an entirely different angle on a nation in occupied territory. In this subjective atlas it is the Palestinians themselves who show the disarming reverse side of the black-and-white image generally resorted to by the media.
Pagina's	159
Conditie	Goed
Prijs	€ 20,00

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