| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 226 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Religion and the arts
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Religion and the arts series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Creation, creativity and agency -- Envisioning and (re)presenting the spirit world -- Ethos, cosmos and hierarchy -- Revealing and concealing: the art of initiation and secret societies -- The aesthetic as antidote and transformer -- Shrines as ritual and aesthetic space -- Allusion and illusion: the rituals and symbols of death and beyond -- Conclusion: Winds of change. |
| Summary |
Africa's religious and artistic traditions constitute a primary example of its intellectual and cultural vitality. Artistic works play a vital role - especially where oral traditions dominate - in communicating ideas about the relationship between the human, spiritual and natural worlds. This work is a comparative study of Africa's visual and performing arts, concentrating on their geographical, material and gendered diversity, and focusing on the relation of these arts to African religion. The author combines ethnographic and art-historical methodology but does not assume any prior knowledge. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Art and society -- Africa.
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Art and society. |
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Africa. |
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Art and religion -- Africa.
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Art and religion. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Hackett, Rosalind I.J. Art and religion in Africa. London ; New York : Cassell, 1998 0304704245 9780304704248 (OCoLC)40228467 |
| ISBN |
9780826436559 (electronic book) |
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0826436552 (electronic book) |
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