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2725629The Anthropology of Turquoisehttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-anthropology-of-turquoise-9780307481535/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/3757019/e9f52898-6f7f-42b1-bc41-724ec9badb24.jpg?v=638385829727030000157174MXNKnopf Doubleday Publishing GroupInStock/Ebooks/<p>In this invigorating mix of natural history and adventure, artist-naturalist Ellen Meloy uses turquoisethe color and the gemto probe deeper into our profound human attachment to landscape.</p><p>From the Sierra Nevada, the Mojave Desert, the Yucatan Peninsula, and the Bahamas to her home ground on the high plateaus and deep canyons of the Southwest, we journey with Meloy through vistas of both great beauty and great desecration. Her keen vision makes us look anew at ancestral mountains, turquoise seas, and even motel swimming pools. She introduces us to Navajo velvet grandmothers whose attire and aesthetics absorb the vivid palette of their homeland, as well as to Persians who consider turquoise the life-saving equivalent of a bullet-proof vest. Throughout, Meloy invites us to appreciate along with her the endless surprises in all of life and celebrates the seduction to be found in our visual surroundings.</p>...2661895The Anthropology of Turquoise157174https://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-anthropology-of-turquoise-9780307481535/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/3757019/e9f52898-6f7f-42b1-bc41-724ec9badb24.jpg?v=638385829727030000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20089780307481535_W3siaWQiOiJlNDkyOGNiZi1hOTQ3LTRiNDUtYTMzMy1kY2ZmZTIyZjBkOWYiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjMxNiwiZGlzY291bnQiOjczLCJzZWxsaW5nUHJpY2UiOjI0MywiaW5jbHVkZXNUYXgiOnRydWUsInByaWNlVHlwZSI6Ildob2xlc2FsZSIsImN1cnJlbmN5IjoiTVhOIiwiZnJvbSI6IjIwMjUtMDEtMTlUMDM6MDA6MDBaIiwicmVnaW9uIjoiTVgiLCJpc1ByZW9yZGVyIjpmYWxzZX1d;9780307481535_W3siaWQiOiI0MGMwNjNkYi1hMzFjLTRiNzUtOTQwNi04OGRhZTVmMTA5NGQiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjMwNCwiZGlzY291bnQiOjcwLCJzZWxsaW5nUHJpY2UiOjIzNCwiaW5jbHVkZXNUYXgiOnRydWUsInByaWNlVHlwZSI6Ildob2xlc2FsZSIsImN1cnJlbmN5IjoiTVhOIiwiZnJvbSI6IjIwMjUtMDItMDVUMDY6MDA6MDBaIiwicmVnaW9uIjoiTVgiLCJpc1ByZW9yZGVyIjpmYWxzZX1d9780307481535_<p>In this invigorating mix of natural history and adventure, artist-naturalist Ellen Meloy uses turquoisethe color and the gemto probe deeper into our profound human attachment to landscape.</p><p>From the Sierra Nevada, the Mojave Desert, the Yucatan Peninsula, and the Bahamas to her home ground on the high plateaus and deep canyons of the Southwest, we journey with Meloy through vistas of both great beauty and great desecration. Her keen vision makes us look anew at ancestral mountains, turquoise seas, and even motel swimming pools. She introduces us to Navajo velvet grandmothers whose attire and aesthetics absorb the vivid palette of their homeland, as well as to Persians who consider turquoise the life-saving equivalent of a bullet-proof vest. Throughout, Meloy invites us to appreciate along with her the endless surprises in all of life and celebrates the seduction to be found in our visual surroundings.</p>...9780307481535_Knopf Doubleday Publishing Grouplibro_electonico_4a904503-a07d-4640-9f65-456572b0eb35_9780307481535;9780307481535_9780307481535Ellen MeloyInglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/RandomHouse-epub-4c09b158-9d72-41c0-8044-59e71e5b035d.epub2008-11-26T00:00:00+00:00Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group