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Author : Babatunde Lawal
Release : 2007
Genre : Art
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Book Synopsis Embodying the Sacred in Yoruba Art by : Babatunde Lawal
Download or read book Embodying the Sacred in Yoruba Art written by Babatunde Lawal. This book was released on 2007. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Neil Tetkowski
Release : 2012
Genre : Art, Yoruba
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Book Synopsis Embodying the Sacred in Yoruba Art by : Neil Tetkowski
Download or read book Embodying the Sacred in Yoruba Art written by Neil Tetkowski. This book was released on 2012. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Mikelle Smith Omari-Tunkara
Release : 2005
Genre : Art, Yoruba
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Book Synopsis Manipulating the Sacred by : Mikelle Smith Omari-Tunkara
Download or read book Manipulating the Sacred written by Mikelle Smith Omari-Tunkara. This book was released on 2005. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first art historical study of Yoruba-descended, African Brazilian religious art based on an author's long-term participation in and observation of private and public rituals. At a time when the art of the African diaspora has aroused much general interest for its multicultural dimensions, Mikelle Smith Omari-Tunkara contributes strikingly rich insights as a participant/observer in the African-based religions of Brazil. She focuses on the symbolism and function of ritual objects and costumes used in the Brazilian candomble (miniature "African" environments or temples) of the Bahia region, which combine Yoruba, Bantu/Angola, Caboclo, Roman Catholic, and/or Kardecist/Spiritist elements. An initiate herself with more than twenty years of study, the author is considered an insider, and has witnessed how practitioners manipulate the "sacred" to encode, in art and ritual, vital knowledge about meaning, values, epistemologies, and history. She demonstrates how this manipulation provides Brazilian descendents of slaves with a sense of agency -- with a link to their African heritage and a locus for resistance to the dominant Euro-Brazilian culture. Manipulating the Sacred will be of value to students of art history, religion, anthropology, African American studies, and Latin American studies, and to the growing English-speaking community of initiates of African-based religions.
Author : Rowland Abiodun
Release : 2014-11-13
Genre : Social Science
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Book Synopsis Yoruba Art and Language by : Rowland Abiodun
Download or read book Yoruba Art and Language written by Rowland Abiodun. This book was released on 2014-11-13. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Yoruba was one of the most important civilizations of sub-Saharan Africa. While the high quality and range of its artistic and material production have long been recognized, the art of the Yoruba has been judged primarily according to the standards and principles of Western aesthetics. In this book, which merges the methods of art history, archaeology, and anthropology, Rowland Abiodun offers new insights into Yoruba art and material culture by examining them within the context of the civilization's cultural norms and values and, above all, the Yoruba language. Abiodun draws on his fluency and prodigious knowledge of Yoruba culture and language to dramatically enrich our understanding of Yoruba civilization and its arts. The book includes a companion website with audio clips of the Yoruba language, helping the reader better grasp the integral connection between art and language in Yoruba culture.
