The Imagining of Community in the Arts of Guatemala: Weaving, Folk Tales, Marimba Performance, Contemporary Painting - Hardcover

Greene, David B.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0773413111 ISBN 13: 9780773413115

Publisher: Edwin Mellen Pr, 2010

Synopsis

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.

About this title

About the Author

Dr. Greene is Professor of Arts Studies, emeritus at North Caroline State University, where he directed the Arts Studies Program from 1988 to 2006. He completed his Ph.D at Yale University.

Review

"[This] study invites scholars and artists to recognize the intersections of art and community - and provides the essential tools to examine other potent works and to weigh their significance." - Prof. James Fisher University of North Carolina at Greensboro "Greene has given us a work of great range, crossing disciplinary boundaries and pursuing imaginative visions in music, painting, architecture, philosophy, religion and politics...." - Prof. Melissa Butler Wabash College"

Edition details

• Publisher: Edwin Mellen Pr
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0773413111
• ISBN 13: 9780773413115
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 182