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- Publisher: University Of Chicago Press (1995)
- ASIN: B000OOW5QO
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This review is from: African Vodun: Art, Psychology, and Power (Paperback)
This is a refreshing work that views Vodun from an artistic and psychological perspective, versus a religious or Hoo-Doo search. There is alot of material here you won't readily find anywhere else about the culture of Vodun. There is also great information in one chapter on the realities and impact of the slave trade within Africa that provides a clearer perspective than most such articles.
A very excellent, and intellectual read I enjoyed and is well worth the price. Plainly, Ms. Blier put great effort and thought into this work, and it shows. This is one of the top 10 books a serious student of Vodou should aspire to have and read.
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Very interesting, a study overview,
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This review is from: African Vodun: Art, Psychology, and Power (Paperback)
The far-reaching influence of the West African voodoo, who still exerts a great influence on the people of this region is covered in this book as well as the creation of art and the rituals of the followers. The author succeeded a very good overview.
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Between 1710 and 1810 over a million slaves (principally of Fon, Aja, Nago, Mahi, Ayizo, and Gedevi descent) were exported on English, French, and Portuguese vessels out of the Bight of Benin and what was then called the Slave Coast of Africa (Curtin 1969:228; Manning 1982:335) (fig. 16). Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
lise tree, bocio arts, ropier tree, ancestral sponsor, empowering materials, commoner bocio, roan antelope horn, deformity sculptures, calabash pieces, deity sponsors, sculptural meaning, additive matter, divination sign, additive materials, commoner works, memorial staff, alchemy traditions, royal sculptures, textual density, term hun, former collection, iroko tree, art corpus, red parrot feathers, beaded crowns Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Republic of Benin, Suzanne Preston Blier, Ben Heller, King Glele, Linden Museum, Eliot Elisofon Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Jerry Thompson, Musée Historique, Courtesy of Sotheby, Franko Khoury, Gift of Michael, Indianapolis Museum of Art, King Gbehanzin, Mono River, Jack Sherin, African American, West African, King Agonglo, King Guezo, New Orleans, Sosa Adede, Wally Zollman, Benoit Houndo New!
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Between 1710 and 1810 over a million slaves (principally of Fon, Aja, Nago, Mahi, Ayizo, and Gedevi descent) were exported on English, French, and Portuguese vessels out of the Bight of Benin and what was then called the Slave Coast of Africa (Curtin 1969:228; Manning 1982:335) (fig. 16). Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
lise tree, bocio arts, ropier tree, ancestral sponsor, empowering materials, commoner bocio, roan antelope horn, deformity sculptures, calabash pieces, deity sponsors, sculptural meaning, additive matter, divination sign, additive materials, commoner works, memorial staff, alchemy traditions, royal sculptures, textual density, term hun, former collection, iroko tree, art corpus, red parrot feathers, beaded crowns Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Republic of Benin, Suzanne Preston Blier, Ben Heller, King Glele, Linden Museum, Eliot Elisofon Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Jerry Thompson, Musée Historique, Courtesy of Sotheby, Franko Khoury, Gift of Michael, Indianapolis Museum of Art, King Gbehanzin, Mono River, Jack Sherin, African American, West African, King Agonglo, King Guezo, New Orleans, Sosa Adede, Wally Zollman, Benoit Houndo New!
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- Selected Subaltern Studies (Essays from the 5 Volumes and a Glossary) by Ranajit Guha in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
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- Culture Theory: Essays on Mind, Self and Emotion by Richard A. Shweder in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Psychology of the Arts by Hans Kreitler on page 55, and Back Matter
- Oedipus and Job in West African Religion (Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology) by Meyer Fortes in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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- A Refuge in Thunder: Candomblé and Alternative Spaces of Blackness (Blacks in the Diaspora) by Rachel E. Harding in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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- Political Legitimacy in Middle Africa: Father, Family, Food by Michael G. Schatzberg in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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