Ferdinand Duchêne / Roger Irriera - Ceux d'Algérie. Types et Coutumes - 1929

A fascinating illustrated edition of this work, which falls within the ethnographic and colonial tradition of the interwar period, seeking to present metropolitan readers with a gallery of portraits and scenes of daily life in Algeria.

The book combines textual descriptions and illustrations to highlight human "types" — representative figures of the different local communities — and social, clothing and religious customs, from both a documentary and picturesque perspective.

The tone is marked by exoticism and orientalism, valuing the diversity of practices and traditions while inserting them into a colonial framework that tends to freeze them into folkloric images.

Ferdinand Duchêne / Roger Irriera - Those of Algeria. Types and Customs - 1929 - Published by Edition des Horizons de France -

The binding is in good condition under a semi-rigid cover, with slight rubbing from use, wear to the headcaps, and the title and color engraving on the front cover by the famous illustrator Roger Irriera.

Good internal condition, book enriched with numerous original color drawings by Roger Irrièra, mostly full-page, title in red and black, fresh -

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