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Ladataan... Mud Chic: Lifestyle and inspiration from the Xhosa People of the Old TranskeiTekijä: Craig Fraser (Valokuvaaja)
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Kirjaudu LibraryThingiin nähdäksesi, pidätkö tästä kirjasta vai et. Ei tämänhetkisiä Keskustelu-viestiketjuja tästä kirjasta. A photographic record in colour of life, people and homes of the people of the "old Transkei" . The Transkei is rural, traditional , a place where income depends on remittances of family members who have migrated to the mines and the cities . Old people and young children predominate. during the apartheid era the Transkei moved from being a tribal area, to a homeland and then to be an independent country . it was all a farce and a myth to create the illusion of a white South Africa. Liberation and a new regime under Nelson Mandela came in 1994 . Today the Transkei is part of the Eastern Cape Province and state funding has been pumped into the area to improve schools, hospitals and social services but all too often people are dependent on social grants . it is a poor area but traditional life survives in the remoter villages where polygamy and initiation ceremonies still happen. Families live in kraals with a collection of round rondavels in vernacular style, made of clay or mud with thatched roofs. The photographer , Craig Fraser , seeks to capture the beauty of the country and traditional building methods and living in this set of photographs . His photos are lyrical and present the Xhosa way of life at a moment in time, but it's a fast disappearing lifestyle as city ways , a monetized economy impact on these people. Much had changed in a hundred years and looking ahead modernization forces will bring further change. There is no commentary on the economics or social problems of this society but a photograph is worth a thousand words and certainly remind me of driving through The countryside as a child. This is a coffee table book and is pleasing to the eye, a good souvenir, but there is no significant analysis. ( ) ei arvosteluja | lisää arvostelu
In Xhosa culture the headman and elders of a tribe hold the key to all knowledge. In this visual journey to the traditional dwellings and homesteads of the old transkei, the photographer has elevated these rural abodes to a similar status. For the design, layout and materials used in these humble homes reveal much more than mere structure. They reveal that dire poverty does little to dampen the irrepressible human impulse to adorn and beautify. Here the realities of daily life are manifest in no running water (some journey five times a day to collect water), no electricity and scant employment and yet using little more than materials found in nature or sourced from the surrounding environment, the personality of each homeowner is expressed in a rich, elaborate vocabulary of symbols, geometric patterns, colour and decorative detail that is uniquely individual to each. Collectively these homes reveal the nature of a society that lives according to the deep-seated values of a fast-vanishing way of life. Here life is lived in tune with nature and in cognisance of community. Here your worth - and your lifestyle - is measured by your number of cattle. Kirjastojen kuvailuja ei löytynyt. |
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