Author : Rita J. Markel
Publisher : Twenty-First Century Books
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 26,24 MB
Release : 2004-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780822519980
Discusses the geography, history, government, people, cultural life, and economy of Guatemala.
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Publisher : Pomegranate Communications
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 21,35 MB
Release : 1989
Category : Costume
ISBN : 9780876544440
Guatemala is one of the few places on earth where traditional textile arts from ancient cultures survive: Mayan spinners and weavers still produce the traditional motifs developed by their ancestors, but modern dyes add brilliant, luminous color to their textiles. This book presents 150 superb photographs by Gianni Vecchiato, providing a magnificent view of the textiles people, and daily life of Guatemala. It is truly a feast for the eye and spirit.
Author : Jean-Marie Simon
Publisher : W W Norton & Company Incorporated
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 25,72 MB
Release : 1987
Category : History
ISBN : 9780393305067
Describes the political situation in Guatemala, shows citizens of Guatemala, and argues that hundreds are still kidnapped, tortured, and killed by government security forces
Author : Erin Siegal
Publisher : Beacon Press
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 24,94 MB
Release : 2012-05-15
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 0807001856
The dramatic story of how an American housewife discovered that the Guatemalan child she was about to adopt had been stolen from her birth mother Over the last decade, nearly 200,000 children have been adopted into the United States, 25,000 of whom came from Guatemala. Finding Fernanda, a dramatic true story paired with investigative reporting, tells the side-by-side tales of an American woman who adopted a two-year-old girl from Guatemala and the birth mother whose two children were stolen from her. Each woman gradually comes to realize her role in what was one of Guatemala’s most profitable black-market industries: the buying and selling of children for international adoption. Finding Fernanda is an overdue, unprecedented look at adoption corruption—and a poignant, riveting human story about the power of hope, faith, and determination.
Author : Harris Whitbeck
Publisher : Villegas Editores
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 10,99 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Guatemala
ISBN : 9789588156811
Providing a magical tour of a country that is both modern and deeply rooted in the past, these beautiful photographs explore Guatemala from unusual perspectives and seek out isolated places and enigmatic people as well as astounding natural landscapes and bright, busy cities. Alongside the pictures, written passages describe the time the author and photographer spent in the Guatemalan countryside.
Author : Ann Parker
Publisher : American Univ in Cairo Press
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 26,95 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Art
ISBN : 9789774162596
Since the seventh century, the Hajj, or Great Pilgrimage to Mecca, has been a lifelong goal of devout Muslims throughout the world. Egyptian pilgrims traditionally celebrate their sacred journey by commissioning a local artist to depict their religious odyssey on the walls of their homes. This book shows the richness and variety of this naive art form covering images from towns, villages, and isolated farm communities along the Nile, across the Delta, down the Red Sea coast, and into Sinai. On the walls of buildings ranging from alabaster factories to mud-brick farmhouses they found brilliant murals illuminated by the desert sun, portraying beloved icons of the pilgrims' faith and scenes from the Qur'an.
Author : Petra Ender
Publisher : Koenemann
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 18,8 MB
Release : 2020
Category : Guatemala
ISBN : 9783741923265
Guatemala is considered the land of eternal spring. Tropical rain forests, mountainous highlands, bubbling volcanoes, black lava sand beaches, fresh fruits and strange smells - this illustrated book shows the fascinatingly colourful facets of the country and gives insights into another world.
Author : Jules Hermes
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 12,55 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Children
ISBN : 9780876149942
Presents an overview of the history, geography, and people of Guatemala by introducing Mayan, Cakchiquel, Ladino, and Garifuna children.
Author : Juan Brenner
Publisher : Rm
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,2 MB
Release : 2020-04-14
Category : Colonization in art
ISBN : 9788417047856
"Tonatiuh is the project I've been working on for the past year, what will become my first book, hopefully published in May of 2019. A series of images that analyze the repercussions of how this land (Guatemala) was conquered and colonized; also the inevitable scars of almost 500 years of disadvantage and unfair conditions, the Guatemalan highlands and their immense beauty are the perfect stage for my research and a series of trips following Pedro de Alvarado's (conqueror of Guatemala) journey, searching for situations that create a personal connection with the neglected reality of our society." --artist's website.
Author : Francisco Goldman
Publisher : powerHouse Books
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 24,81 MB
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN :
Our Culture Is Our Resistance: Repression, Refuge, and Healing in Guatemala is a stunning document of this tiny Central American country, revealing stories of life and death, of hope and despair, and of struggles for survival, respect, and truth. For the past ten years Jonathan Moller has photographed communities uprooted by war in Guatemala. The beauty and strength of Moller's one hundred forty-seven tritone portraits and the accompanying texts not only document and preserve the faces and events associated with this land and its history, but also display for the viewer the humanity and dignity of these largely Mayan indigenous peoples. Sponsors and official endorsers of the book include Amnesty International, the Soros Foundation, Global Exchange, The Nation Institute, the Photo Review, Witness for Peace, and Cultural Survival.
