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Books are listed in order of year of publication - newest titles are at the top. There are 15 books in this booklist
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£12.99 paperback (2018) - ISBN 13: 9781526605313 | ISBN 10: 1526605317
Frida is the story of one of the twentieth century's most extraordinary women, the painter Frida Kahlo. Born near Mexico City, she grew up during the turbulent days of the Mexican Revolution and, at eighteen, was the victim of an accident that left h ... more
View book details£20.99 paperback (2017) - ISBN 13: 9780998452357 | ISBN 10: 0998452351
Ten years after the publication of her seminal book Weaving in the Peruvian Highlands, twenty years after founding the iconic Center for Tradition Textiles of Cusco, Nilda Callañaupa Alvarez provides an inspirational new view into the world of Andea ... more
View book details£12.00 hardback (2016) - ISBN 13: 9780711237162 | ISBN 10: 0711237166
This beautifully illustrated biography follows Frida Kahlo's exceptional life and work, and celebrates the Mexican icon's immense legacy. From a young age, Kahlo forged her own path, overcoming polio as a child, and stoically battling the a ... more
View book details£20.00 hardback (2015) - ISBN 13: 9781783616091 | ISBN 10: 1783616091
The Day of the Dead is a festival of culture and youth, a feast of the senses and celebration of life in death. Originating in Mexico and the Latin American countries it began as a way of remembering departed relatives, as a means of embracing rather ... more
View book details£16.99 paperback (2015) - ISBN 13: 9781933149912 | ISBN 10: 1933149914
In this groundbreaking, in-depth look at a rarely explored perspective of street art, more than twenty female artists from seven nations in Latin America discuss themes of social justice, artist process, community, visibility, feminism, and more. &nb ... more
View book details£17.99 paperback (2015) - ISBN 13: 9781629631042 | ISBN 10: 1629631043
Grounded in painstaking research, To Defend the Revolution Is to Defend Culture revisits the circumstances which led to the arts being embraced at the heart of the Cuban Revolution. Introducing the main protagonists to the debate, this previously unt ... more
View book details£6.99 paperback (2015) - ISBN 13: 9783791372297 | ISBN 10: 3791372297
Parrots, trees, deer, family members, friends, flowers, the sun and the moon-Frida Kahlo's use of symbolism and colour wonderfully lends itself to teaching children about the artistic process. Through illustrations of her work and photographs of Kahl ... more
View book details£10.99 paperback (2011) - ISBN 13: 9783791346151 | ISBN 10: 3791346156
Now available again, this bestselling book reveals the story of two creative geniuses, their important contributions to twentieth-century art, and their tumultuous romance. This captivating book delves into the forces that shaped Frida K ... more
View book details£14.99 hardback (2010) - ISBN 13: 9781595825575 | ISBN 10: 1595825576
From the company that introduced American audiences to Brazilian twins Fábio Moon and Gabriel Bá (Daytripper, Pixu) comes a new hardcover edition of Dark Horse's out-of-print De:Tales, a collection of the twins' breakthrough short stories! After ... more
View book details£10.99 paperback (2010) - ISBN 13: 9781583227824 | ISBN 10: 1583227822
In the United States, ninety miles from Cuban shores, many things are said about Fidel Castro: that he is a liberator, that he is a dictator. In Fidel, Nestor Kohan and Nahuel Scherma restore balance to these views, presenting one of the towering fig ... more
View book details£9.99 hardback (2009) - ISBN 13: 9781870003575 | ISBN 10: 1870003578
Calaveras (Spanish for skulls) are produced every year for the Day of the Dead a day of festivity when prints, skeletal artefacts, toys, cakes and sweets are sold and ritualistic offerings made to dead relatives. The great Mexican printmake ... more
View book details£41.50 hardback (2007) - ISBN 13: 9780875653495 | ISBN 10: 0875653499
The people of Oaxaca, Mexico, believe the souls of the dead, the antepasados, return every year for a twenty-four-hour visit. They are welcomed into their former homes with gaily decorated altars and offerings of food and gifts. Then they are escorte ... more
View book details£15.99 hardback (2007) - ISBN 13: 9780811860536 | ISBN 10: 0811860531
While most think of Cuba as a mythical island of rum, rumba, and revolution, period photographs reveal a more complex place. I Was Cuba is an original look at Cuban history as seen through the Ramiro Fernandez Collection—arguably the world's leading ... more
View book details£26.50 paperback (2006) - ISBN 13: 9781405152488 | ISBN 10: 1405152486
Each October, as the Day of the Dead draws near, Mexican markets overflow with decorated breads, fanciful paper cutouts, and whimsical toy skulls and skeletons. To honor deceased relatives, Mexicans decorate graves and erect home altars. Drawing on ... more
View book details£26.99 paperback (1991) - ISBN 13: 9780292776586 | ISBN 10: 0292776586
All over Mexico, early in November, families gather to welcome the souls of the dead on their annual visit home. The smells of burning copal incense and pungent cempasúchil (marigolds) mingle with the aromas of fresh bread, new clothing, sweets, and ... more
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