ISBN:
9780826519078
,
9780826519092
Language:
English
Pages:
xvii, 190 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
Additional Information:
Rezensiert in Lerch, Patricia Barker Review: Vodun in Coastal Bénin. Unfinished, Open-Ended, Global 2015
DDC:
299.675096683
Keywords:
Vodou
;
Art, Fon
;
Art, Yoruba
;
Fon (African people) Religion
;
Yoruba (African people) Religion
;
Wodu
;
Hinduismus
;
Synkretismus
;
Benin
;
Benin
;
Wodu
;
Hinduismus
;
Synkretismus
Abstract:
"Introduces audiences to the arts and aesthetics of Vodun, a religious system whose existence is misunderstood, if known at all. Presents fieldwork in West Africa and comparative work in Brazil, Cuba, and Haiti. Sheds light on abstract to concrete dimensions of Vodun"--Provided by publisher
Description / Table of Contents:
Diasporas and aestheticsVodun's rhizome -- Foreign presence in local Vodun -- "India," chromolithographs, and Vodun -- Vodun of slave remembrance -- Contemporary Vodun art.
Note:
Literaturverzeichnis: Seiten 171-182
