Amazonian Indians - Twenty Beautiful Years (1955-1975).
5 continents editions| N° d'inventaire | 23970 |
| Format | 24 X 29.7 |
| Détails | 144 p., 72 two-color illustrations, publisher's hardcover. |
| Publication | Milan, 2019 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9788874398706 |
A positive assessment of an extraordinary experience, and above all a tribute to the last Amazonian Indians still living freely, these are the messages conveyed by the influential voice of Genevan ethnologist René Fuerst, who devoted a large part of his life to the indigenous populations of the Amazon. This "visual autobiography" travels through the central regions of Brazil, notably Mato Grosso and the deep Amazon, and gives pride of place to his encounters, research, and ethnographic collections—all testimonies that have enriched European museums, including first and foremost the Museum of Ethnography in Geneva.
René Fuerst's black and white images capture and recount some twenty encounters, focusing on faces, bodies, quieter ceremonies and those animated by dances. Even the narrative of everyday life through the objects that punctuate it is dignified and leads the reader to a reflection in relief on Claude Lévi-Strauss's well-known "sad tropics."
A positive assessment of an extraordinary experience, and above all a tribute to the last Amazonian Indians still living freely, these are the messages conveyed by the influential voice of Genevan ethnologist René Fuerst, who devoted a large part of his life to the indigenous populations of the Amazon. This "visual autobiography" travels through the central regions of Brazil, notably Mato Grosso and the deep Amazon, and gives pride of place to his encounters, research, and ethnographic collections—all testimonies that have enriched European museums, including first and foremost the Museum of Ethnography in Geneva.
René Fuerst's black and white images capture and recount some twenty encounters, focusing on faces, bodies, quieter ceremonies and those animated by dances. Even the narrative of everyday life through the objects that punctuate it is dignified and leads the reader to a reflection in relief on Claude Lévi-Strauss's well-known "sad tropics."