03148nam 2200685Ia 450 991080776740332120200520144314.097866117833961-281-78339-00-8264-3655-2(CKB)1000000000541576(EBL)436003(OCoLC)271445109(SSID)ssj0000105751(PQKBManifestationID)11125135(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000105751(PQKBWorkID)10101909(PQKB)10142787(SSID)ssj0000289153(PQKBManifestationID)12068725(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000289153(PQKBWorkID)10384885(PQKB)23549462(MiAaPQ)EBC436003(Au-PeEL)EBL436003(CaPaEBR)ebr10250623(CaONFJC)MIL178339(OCoLC)893333807(EXLCZ)99100000000054157619951207d1996 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacomtentcrdamediacrrdacarrierArt and religion in Africa /Rosalind I.J. Hackett1st ed.New York Cassell19961 online resourceReligion and the artsDescription based upon print version of record.0-304-33752-8 0-304-70424-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; List of Illustrations; Foreword; Preface and Acknowledgements; Map of Africa; Introduction; CHAPTER 1 Creation, Creativity and Agency; CHAPTER 2 Envisioning and (Re)presenting the Spirit World; CHAPTER 3 Ethos, Cosmos and Hierarchy; CHAPTER 4 Revealing and Concealing: The Art of Initiation and Secret Societies; CHAPTER 5 The Aesthetic as Antidote and Transformer; CHAPTER 6 Shrines as Ritual and Aesthetic Space; CHAPTER 7 Allusion and Illusion: The Rituals and Symbols of Death and Beyond; Conclusion: Winds of Change; Principal Ethnic Groups Mentioned in the Text; Bibliography; IndexAfrica'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 knowledgeReligion and the arts.Art and religionAfricaArt and societyAfricaArt and religionArt and society700/.1/07Hackett Rosalind I. J1597879MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910807767403321Art and religion in Africa4015403UNINA