Nicaragua |
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| Author:
| Meiselas, Susan |
| ISBN: | 978-84-9801-345-0 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2008 |
| Publisher: | Blume
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $45.00 |
Book Description:
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A classic of photojournalism, Nicaragua presents an extraordinary narrative of a country gripped by turbulence and uncertainty and traces the evolution of the popular resistance that led to an insurrection and would culminate with the triumph of the Sandinista revolution in 1979. The photographs are a cautionary tale about the barbarities of the modern civil war and delve into the repressive political struggle in Latin...
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A classic of photojournalism, Nicaragua presents an extraordinary narrative of a country gripped by turbulence and uncertainty and traces the evolution of the popular resistance that led to an insurrection and would culminate with the triumph of the Sandinista revolution in 1979. The photographs are a cautionary tale about the barbarities of the modern civil war and delve into the repressive political struggle in Latin America. The book includes Pictures from a Revolution, a DVD in which Meiselas returns to the places she photographed and interviews some of her subjects about the realities of post-revolution Nicaragua.
Un clásico del fotoperiodismo, Nicaragua presenta una narrativa extraordinaria de un país en turbulencia y traza la evolución de la resistencia popular que dio lugar a la insurrección y que culminó con el triunfo de la revolución sandinista en 1979. Las fotografías son un relato admonitorio sobre las barbaridades de una guerra civil moderna y hurgan en la lucha política represiva de América Latina. El libro incluye Imágenes de una revolución, un DVD donde Meiselas regresa a los escenarios que fotografió y entrevista a algunas personas sobre la realidad de la Nicaragua posrevolucionaria.