Roland Meyer - Saramani. Danseuse khmèr - 1919

Beautiful illustrated edition of this work set in an Indochinese colonial context where artistic fascination, ethnographic observation and literary gaze on local cultures intersect -

The work centers on the figure of Saramani, a Khmer dancer, around whom an evocation that is at once descriptive and narrative of the world of Cambodian theatre and traditional dance is built -

The text seeks to reproduce the atmosphere of the performances, the codified gestural language of the dancers, the richness of the costumes, as well as the ritual and symbolic dimension of Khmer artistic performances -

The work also reflects the sensibilities of its time, marked by an often exoticizing vision of colonized cultures, where local art is both admired and interpreted through a European prism -

Roland Meyer - Saramani. Khmer Dancer - 1919 - Saigon - 238, p -

Binding in good condition, paperback in its full original printed cover, with stains and signs of wear, a few minor defects on the cover, the hinge worn with some loss and tears, the headcaps shaved, the joints cracked, the spine plain and blank, the first cover plate illustrated and titled -

Good interior condition, occasional foxing, work enriched with numerous and beautiful black-and-white illustrations outside the main text -

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