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Author: Suzanne Preston Blier Publisher: University of Chicago Press ISBN: 9780226058580 Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 288
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Throughout, Blier pushes African art history to a new height of cultural awareness that recognizes the complexity of traditional African societies as it acknowledges the role of social power in shaping aesthetics and meaning generally.
Author: Suzanne Preston Blier Publisher: University of Chicago Press ISBN: 9780226058580 Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 288
Book Description
Throughout, Blier pushes African art history to a new height of cultural awareness that recognizes the complexity of traditional African societies as it acknowledges the role of social power in shaping aesthetics and meaning generally.
Author: Suzanne Preston Blier Publisher: University of Chicago Press ISBN: 9780226058603 Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 500
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"This book will be of critical importance not only to those concerned with African, African American, and Caribbean art, but also to anthropologists, scholars of the African diaspora, students of comparative religion and comparative psychology, and anyone fascinated by the traditions of vodou and vodun."--Jacket.
Author: Douglas J. Falen Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press ISBN: 0299318907 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 249
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In this sensitive and personal investigation into Benin's occult world, Douglas J. Falen wrestles with the challenges of encountering a reality in which magic, science, and the Vodun religion converge into a single universal force. He takes seriously his Beninese interlocutors' insistence that the indigenous phenomenon known as àze ("witchcraft") is an African science, credited with fantastic and productive deeds, such as teleportation and supernatural healing. Although the Beninese understanding of àze reflects positive scientific properties in its use of specialized knowledge to harness nature's energy and realize economic success, its boundless power is inherently ambivalent because it can corrupt its users, who dispense death and destruction. Witches and healers are equivalent to supervillains and superheroes, locked in epic battles over malevolent and benevolent human desires. Beninese people's discourse about such mystical confrontations expresses a philosophy of moral duality and cosmic balance. Falen demonstrates how a deep engagement with another lived reality opens our minds and contributes to understanding across cultural difference.
Author: Monique Joiner Siedlak Publisher: Oshun Publications, LLC ISBN: 1950378624 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 62
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Understanding West African Vodun begins with knowledge. West African Vodun explores and explains this often-misunderstood religion. It invites readers to open their eyes and their minds to what Vodun is, where and why began, and how it’s practiced. You may think you know everything you need to know because you’ve seen Hollywood’s interpretation of these spiritual practices, but this book proves those theories, misconceptions, artistic licenses, and theories wrong. Inside, you’ll discover: Vodun’s early days and how it plays a pivotal role in how it’s practiced now How and why it’s been mis-characterized How to practice it properly Who the deities are and why they’re honored Who the Priestesses are and why they are held to such esteem And more! Finally learn how Vodun, Hindu, Shango, Jesus and the Buddha are far more alike than you may think and understand what role slavery and slaves play in this religion and why it should matter to you.
Author: Marjolijn Aalders Grool Publisher: ISBN: 9783896457349 Category : Benin Languages : en Pages : 725
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Collection of 37 story texts, "gwènùxó," told by 15 performers in three villages of southern Benin, transcribed from recordings made April-June 1976.
Author: Mamiwata Priestess Publisher: Behumbeza Foundation ISBN: 9780692901618 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 339
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A collection of essays discussing various topics in African Vodun written by the diasporan born Mami Wata Priestess an African initiate in the pantheon of the African Mami. Wata.
Author: Timothy R. Landry Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press ISBN: 0812295633 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 214
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Tourists to Ouidah, a city on the coast of the Republic of Bénin, in West Africa, typically visit a few well-known sites of significance to the Vodún religion—the Python Temple, where Dangbé, the python spirit, is worshipped, and King Kpasse's sacred forest, which is the seat of the Vodún deity known as Lokò. However, other, less familiar places, such as the palace of the so-called supreme chief of Vodún in Bénin, are also rising in popularity as tourists become increasingly adventurous and as more Vodún priests and temples make themselves available to foreigners in the hopes of earning extra money. Timothy R. Landry examines the connections between local Vodún priests and spiritual seekers who travel to Bénin—some for the snapshot, others for full-fledged initiation into the religion. He argues that the ways in which the Vodún priests and tourists negotiate the transfer of confidential, sacred knowledge create its value. The more secrecy that surrounds Vodún ritual practice and material culture, the more authentic, coveted, and, consequently, expensive that knowledge becomes. Landry writes as anthropologist and initiate, having participated in hundreds of Vodún ceremonies, rituals, and festivals. Examining the role of money, the incarnation of deities, the limits of adaptation for the transnational community, and the belief in spirits, sorcery, and witchcraft, Vodún ponders the ethical implications of producing and consuming culture by local and international agents. Highlighting the ways in which racialization, power, and the legacy of colonialism affect the procurement and transmission of secret knowledge in West Africa and beyond, Landry demonstrates how, paradoxically, secrecy is critically important to Vodún's global expansion.
Author: Suzanne Preston Blier
Author: Suzanne Preston Blier
Author: Suzanne Preston Blier
Author: Edna G. Bay
Author: Luis Nicolau Parés
Author: Douglas J. Falen
Author: Monique Joiner Siedlak
Author: Marjolijn Aalders Grool
Author: Molefi Kete Asante
Author: Mamiwata Priestess
Author: Timothy R. Landry