Bali: The Imaginary Museum: The Photographs of Walter Spies and Beryl de Zoete (Hardcover)

by Michael Hitchcock (Author), Lucy i L. Norris (Author), Horniman Museum and Gardens London (Contributor) "BERYL DE ZOETE joined Walter Spies on the Indonesian island of Bali in December 1934..." (more)
Key Phrases: colonial photography, imaginary museum, living museum, Walter Spies, Netherlands East Indies, The Imaginary Museum (more...)

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`the details of the lives of Spies and de Zoete ... make the photographs an animated, personal view of Bali as they both lived and recorded it' Elizabeth Moore, Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, Vol. 60, No. 3

Product Description
This beautiful book contains a photographic record of the work of Walter Spies, a German artist, and Beryl de Zoete, a British writer and dance critic, co-authors of the classic Dance and Drama in Bali (1938). These photographs, many previously unpublished, are chosen from the Horniman Museum Library collection to vividly evoke rural life in Bali, with its dance-drama traditions, and challenge the more lurid aspects of Bali's image in the 1930s.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 216 pages
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (April 25, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 9676531014
• ISBN-13: 978-9676531018
• Product Dimensions: 10.3 x 8.8 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #4,567,163 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful book, August 24, 2003

By	[e-mail] (Ubud, Bali) - See all my reviews

I am Balinese and live in Ubud. Walter Spies lived here in the Thirties, just opposite where my restaurant now is. My mother worked for him.

I was therefore delighted when this book came out. The text is clear and well-written and interesting on many counts. It sets out the history of early tourism to Bali when many famous people visited the island and they all met Walter Spies.

Many of the photographs have not been published before. Walter Spies was an excellent photographer and he had an intimate knowledge of Bali and the Balinese. He was involved in all aspects of Balinese life.

This is a book that everyone who is interested in Bali should have.