Haitian Laughter / Rire Haitien (Hard Cover)

Haitian Laughter / Rire Haitien (Hard Cover)
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Haitian Laughter is constructed around the lodyans, a narrative genre that has blossomed in Haiti as an art of miniatures. The substantial reduction in scale that presides over their creation allows only the significant features to remain, like a medieval illumination, a Japanese bonsai, or simply a small-sized map of an immense territory. This makes each miniature a "dwarf-sized saga," which lets us glimpse the larger dimension of the original of which it is a reduced model.

Product ID: 501934

Category: Culture & Tradition

Supporting languages: English (English only), French

Platforms/media types: Printed Matter