This beautiful book explores the origins, influences, development and appreciation of flamenco as a highly respected art form on the world stage. This folkloric tradition of music, song, and dance began in the caves of Andalusia and was shaped over centuries by a multitude of cultural and regional influences, including Roman, Jewish, Greek, Indian, and Moorish. Flamenco’s introduction to the U.S. in the roaring twenties coincided with a “Spanish craze” and in the 1950’s legendary flamenco stars including the Italian-American flamenco dancer-choreographer José Greco were popular attractions at nightclubs and concert halls in New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles. Not surprisingly, flamenco found a permanent home in New Mexico, a state with a large population of Hispanic residents interested in learning about and preserving traditional and cultural Spanish folk traditions. Prominent flamenco artists emerged including native New Mexican choreographer-dancer María Benítez. Flamenco’s accoutrements—costumes, musicians, instruments and dancers—are part of the story.
Trim: 10" x 7"
Pages: 256
Illustrations: 60 black-and-white photographs
© 1995
One of the few bright spots in the conduct of government toward the native people of North America.
Folk Artists in the 21st Century
Trim: 11" x 9.5"
Pages: 264
Illustrations: 190 color photographs
© 2013
This book presents interviews with folk artists from around the world who use their handmade traditions to overcome poverty, gender inequity, environmental degradation, ethnic conflict, and limited opportunities for political, educational, and social advancement.
Pop Chalee-An Artistic Biography
Trim: 11" x 9"
Pages: 288
Illustrations: 40 color plates, 150 black-and-white illustrations
© 1997
Baca passionately explores the troubled years of his youth, from which he emerged with heightened awareness of his ethnic identify as a Chicano, his role as a witness for the misunderstood tribal life of the barrio, and his redemptive vocation as a poet.
A Rephotographic Survey of the American West
Trim: 9" x 12"
Pages: 256
Illustrations: 138 duotones, 14 color photographs, 1 map
© 2004
American western landscapes were first photographed in the 19th century. Contemporary photographers rephotographed these sites in the 1990s.
Creating Santa Fe
Trim: 11.5" x 9.5"
Pages: 276
Illustrations: 276 color and duotone photographs
© 2009
Through the work of more than one hundred noted photographers, describes the role photography has played in documenting and shaping Santa Fe's image.
History, Rephotography, and Preservation in the Chaco World
Trim: 8.25" x 9.75"
Pages: 224
Illustrations: 48 duotones, 50 color photographs
© 2013
Historic photographs of Chaco Canyon from the late 19th century to the 1970s are juxtaposed with contemporary "rephotographs."
Traditional Pueblo Arts 1840-1940
Trim: 9" x 6"
Pages: 50
Illustrations: 49 color plates
© 2003
The magnificent textiles produced during this time are little known outside of the Pueblo world.
Music and the Art of Raymond Jonson
Trim: 10" x 9"
Pages: 96
Illustrations: 40 color plates, 3 black-and-white photographs
© 2010
"To Form From Air" presents Jonson's masterpieces of the 1920s-19402, exploring the intimate confluence of visual art and music that defined 20th-century modernism.
A Navajo Family's Journey Home
Trim: 10.75" x 9.5"
Pages: 200
Illustrations: 82 duotone photographs
© 2009
A family's decision to return to the Navajo reservation. Examines the spiritual healing that can take place when cultural identity is honored and restored.