Back Roads America. A Portfolio of Her People
Etnologija, etnografija i folklor - knjige
090092
Washington
1980
18×26
tvrdi s omotom
197
engleski
Cijena: 12,00 EUR
DOSTUPNO PREKO INTERNETSKE PRODAJE ODMAH, U DUĆANU U ROKU OD 24 SATA. This exceptional anthropological and travel photomonograph represents one of the warmest and culturally most significant publications produced by the famous American National Geographic Society. The work is the result of an intensive nine-month journey by the author duo along the rural, hidden, and backcountry roads of the United States, with the clear objective of avoiding the monotony of superhighways and large urban centers. Through a fluid blend of deep human stories and masterfully composed full-color photographs, the book delivers a fascinating, warm, and unique portrait of authentic America and its ordinary people living on the margins of society. On this circular journey that followed the changing of the seasons—from the snowy roads of New England to the vast, sun-baked expanses of Alaska and the American West—the authors document the daily lives, conversations, and fates of a dairy farmer in the Berkshires, a North Carolina fisherman, Texas cattlemen, gold miners, an Alaskan bush pilot, and carnival workers in Iowa. The monograph meticulously records traditional and forgotten activities, such as harvesting ice in the Green Mountains of Maine, picking corn in Illinois, or spending time with Mexican-American "lowriders" in California, perfectly capturing the spirit of the era and nostalgia for a simpler way of life.
