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Joan E. Alessi: Descansos, the Sacred Landscape of New Mexico


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Santa Fe photographer Joan Alessi provides a polychromatic exposition of New Mexico's traditional roadside memorials, descansos, as an art form. Her stunning photography captures the artistic attributes of these decorative crosses while preserving their religious and cultural integrity. Sylvia Grider's accompanying essay explains the origin and folkloric tradition of roadside memorials. These religious markers are not in themselves unique to the southwestern United States. Rather, they are a universal phenomenon with a long and curious history. The term descanso (literally translated as ""resting place""), however, may have indeed originated among the Spanish-speaking vecinos of New Mexico.

About the Author :
Joan Alessi has completed photographic projects for the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum, the Museum of Indian Arts and Crafts, and the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian. She resides in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Sylvia Ann Grider, emeritus professor of anthropology at Texas A&M University, was asked to be Director of the Bonfire Memorabilia Project after the fatal collapse of the student-built Aggie Bonfire in 1999. That work led to her current research on roadside crosses.

Review :
"The descansos contained in this book are a reflection of both the emotion and dedication of the devotees as they mourn the passing and celebrate the life of the beloved."--Art Gomez, National Park Service, supervisory historian; (coauthor) New Mexico: Images of a Land and Its People (UNM Press)"


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780976252399
  • Publisher: Fresco Fine Art Publications
  • Publisher Imprint: Fresco Fine Art Publications
  • Height: 266 mm
  • No of Pages: 80
  • Spine Width: 8 mm
  • Weight: 625 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0976252392
  • Publisher Date: 28 Feb 2007
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: Descansos, the Sacred Landscape of New Mexico
  • Width: 303 mm


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