PART OF NEW MEXICO'S LITERARY HERITAGE FOR SEVENTY YEARS
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.
Basketry Art of Western North America
Trim: 9" x 11"
Pages: 220
Illustrations: 180 color and 55 black-and-white images
© 2013
The finest examples of Native basketry art, sixty in all, from 1870-1930.
Ghosts, Demons & Monsters of Japan
Trim: 8.25" x 14"
Pages: 255
Illustrations: 52 color plates, 118 figures
© 2019
The Japanese word, "yōkai" refers to a range of supernatural beings such as ghosts, demons, monsters, shapeshifters, tricksters, and other strange kinds of creatures. Yōkai also refers to peculiar entities (or presences), weird or unexplainable phenomena, and the visual depiction of these ideas. The book introduces readers to Japan's relationship to yōkai: what they are, their associated tales, how people engaged with or interpreted yōkai in different contexts, and why they remain so popular in Japan. The contributors delve into popular culture themes to connect traditional folklore, folk art, and imagery to trends in Japan as well as in the United States.
The Mid-century Masters
Pages: 64
Illustrations: 110 color and black-and-white illustrations
Antique & Collectible Figurines
© 2003
This catalogue features selections from the Wheelwright Museum’s superb collection of Zuni fetishes amassed by Leonora Curtin, mostly between 1925 and the late 1940s.
A Bridge from Past to Present
Pages: 103
Illustrations: 198 color and blank-and-white illustrations
Antique & Collectible Figurines
© 2006
This sequel to Zuni Fetish Carvers focuses on the second generation of Zuni fetish artists who produced the widely popular objects during the 1970s. The author includes interviews of the featured artists as well as the traders and dealers who popularized the carvings.