Dining in Refugee Camps: The Art of Sahrawi Cooking

Kahn, Robin

ISBN 10: 1570272158 / ISBN 13: 9781570272158

Published by Autonomedia, 2010

Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Seller Inventory # G1570272158I2N00

Synopsis:

A full-color, bilingual, collage journal that documents Robin Kahn's month cooking with the women of the Western Sahara.

As a guest artist selected to participate in ARTifariti 2009, Kahn stayed with Sahrawi families living in refugee camps in Algeria and in the desert of The Free Territories of the Western Sahara. There she created the collages for this publication by combining the sparse materials available locally with photos, recipes, histories and drawings. The result is a 50-page full-color journal that examines the art of Sahrawi food production: how kitchens are improvised, food is procured and prepared, and traditional recipes are innovated from UN rations and international aid. The book is a testament to the daily struggles of Sahrawi women whose role is to provide sustenance, fortitude and comfort inside a compromised society.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Dining in Refugee Camps: The Art of Sahrawi ...
Publisher: Autonomedia
Publication Date: 2010
Binding: Paperback
Illustrator: Robin Kahn
Condition: As New
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket