Amoxohtli : oquihcuilo Jimmie Durham = Libro de carretera : por Jimmie Durham

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Art Library

Call Number
N7433.4.D87 A6 2011
Status
Available
Item Note
Includes 1 DVD.

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Summary

Amoxohtli Libro de Carretera A Road Book is a book full of photos and drawings, which came together from a project the artist Jimmie Durham developed in Mexico City. Durham describes the book as a 'road book' after, he says, Homer's Odyssey, Cervantes's Don Quixote, and Kerouac's on the Road. it begins with the French founding of Detroit and moves quickly past the race-riots there in the 20th century to a brief history of the U.S. automobile industry. That brings the 'story' into Mexico And The uses various Mexican governmental agencies have employed For The Chrysler-Dodge company cars. The first language of the book is Nahuatl, The language of the Aztecs. Spanish is next, with English, As Durham originally wrote it, almost as a footnote in the back. Nahuatl, Spanish and English text.

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