Isbn: 9781576870044 - Temple of Confessions: Mexican Beasts and Living Santos (14 results)

hardcover. Condition: Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Condition: Fair. The cover is slightly different than the one pictured, but the ISBN is the same. There are highlighted passages and notes written in the margins throughout the book.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

Hardcover without dustjacket as issued, 144 pages; very good condition, clean and crisp; no internal marks. CD laid in which is a little scratched on payable side; postcard and temporary tattoo also laid in.Foreign shipping may be extra.

Paper Covered Boards. Condition: Good. N/A. First Edition. Black paper covered boards, titles in grey, cut-out at front, mild edge wear, light bumping to corners. Book body clean and tight, b/w and color illustration thoughout, postcard and temporary tattoo laid-in.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Color and black and white illustrations throughout. First printing. About fine in illustrated boards. No dust jacket, as issued.

Hardcover. Condition: Used - Good. A ground-breaking publication by MacArthur Fellow and American Book Award winner Guillermo Gomez-Pena and his collaborator Roberto Sifuentes: confess your innermost fears and desires about Mexicans, Latinos, and the Border. This landmark book includes an audio CD, a confessional mail-in post-card, and a temporary tattoo. Texts by Ruben Martinez, Roger Bartra, Ana Castillo, Juan Felipe Herrera, Ed Morales, Guillermo Gomez-Pena, Roberto Sifuentes, and others. Book has minor shelf wear. Includes CD-ROM. …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover, 144 pages, copiously illustrated, pictorial rear endpapers, NOT ex-library. Missing the front endpaper and half-title page (opens directly on the title page). interior is clean and bright, untanned, with unmarked text, free of inscriptions and stamps, firmly bound. Boards show gentle handling wear. Issued without a dust jacket. -- This book documents a provocative interactive performance art project that toured major museums across the United States in the mid-1990s by Chicano performance artists Guillermo Gomez-Pena and Roberto Sifuentes. It captures the "border kitsch" aesthetic, using a riot of religious symbols and pop culture to explore the hybrid identity of the U.S.-Mexico border. -- This book is dedicated to the performance installation Temple of Confessions. The project was a satirical, pseudo-religious environment that critically examined American attitudes toward Mexican and Chicano culture, border politics, and the exoticisation of the Latino body. Presented as a bizarre temple filled with altars, relics, and living exhibits, the installation featured the artists themselves as 'living santos' and 'Mexican beasts,' inviting audience members to confess their stereotypes, fears, and fantasies through written notes, recorded messages, or direct interaction. The publication combines colour photographs of the installation and performances with scripts, artist writings, and critical commentary that explore themes of cultural identity, colonial desire, spirituality, and the politics of representation. The book is both a visual archive of the touring project and a theoretical reflection on Gómez-Peña and Sifuentes's distinctive style of border art and performance in the mid-1990s.…

hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.