ISBN:
9780252032554
,
0252032551
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
XIV, 186 S.
,
Ill., graph. Darst.
,
24 cm
DDC:
730.089/96337
Schlagwort(e):
Altars, Fon
;
Ironwork, Fon
;
Metal sculpture
;
Fon (African people) Religion
;
Ancestor worship
;
Altars, Fon Benin
;
Ironwork, Fon Benin
;
Metal sculpture Benin
;
Fon (African people) Religion
;
Ancestor worship Benin
;
Benin Süd
;
Plastik
;
Ahnenkult
Kurzfassung:
A note on orthography -- Introduction -- Vodun, sacrifice, and the sinuka -- The invention of ancestral asen -- The Hountondji family of Smiths and Dahomean royal patronage -- From tourist to sacred: colonial culture and the creation of traditions -- Messages of power: asen tableau to the early twentieth century -- Mixed messages and migrating meanings -- Death and the culture wars: the 1990s
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [177]-182) and index
,
A note on orthographyIntroduction -- Vodun, sacrifice, and the sinuka -- The invention of ancestral asen -- The Hountondji family of Smiths and Dahomean royal patronage -- From tourist to sacred: colonial culture and the creation of traditions -- Messages of power: asen tableau to the early twentieth century -- Mixed messages and migrating meanings -- Death and the culture wars: the 1990s.
,
A note on orthography -- Introduction -- Vodun, sacrifice, and the sinuka -- The invention of ancestral asen -- The Hountondji family of Smiths and Dahomean royal patronage -- From tourist to sacred: colonial culture and the creation of traditions -- Messages of power: asen tableau to the early twentieth century -- Mixed messages and migrating meanings -- Death and the culture wars: the 1990s
URL:
http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=23030
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http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0717/2007019170.html
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http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0827/2007019170-b.html
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http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0827/2007019170-d.html
URL:
http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=23030
URL:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0717/2007019170.html
URL:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0827/2007019170-b.html
URL:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0827/2007019170-d.html
URL:
http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=23030
URL:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0717/2007019170.html
URL:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0827/2007019170-b.html
URL:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0827/2007019170-d.html
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