Art and Religion in Africa
Seiten
1998
Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd. (Verlag)
978-0-304-70424-8 (ISBN)
Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd. (Verlag)
978-0-304-70424-8 (ISBN)
This comparative study of Africa's visual and performing arts concentrates on their geographical, material and gendered diversity, and focuses on the relation of these arts to African religion. The author attempts an understanding of these issues which challenges Western interpretations.
The artistic and religious traditions of Africa constitute a primary example of the intelletual and cultural vitality of this vast and fascinating continent. Art plays a vital role - especially when oral traditions dominate - in expressing and communicating ideas about the relationships between the human, spiritual and natural worlds. However, despite the ritual and symbolic significance of many artistic works, the interactive and interdependent relationship between art and religion in the African context remains understudied and misunderstood. This book draws on the methodologies of several disciplines to provide a greater understanding of the philosophical and reigious aspects of artistic works and to challenge Western perceptions of what is 'important'. Case studies and examples reflect the geographical, material and gendered diversity of Africa's visual and performing arts and highlight the changes imposed by Christianity, Islam and the newer religious movements in post-colonial Africa. Rosalind I.J. Hackett is Professor of Religious Studies, University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
The artistic and religious traditions of Africa constitute a primary example of the intelletual and cultural vitality of this vast and fascinating continent. Art plays a vital role - especially when oral traditions dominate - in expressing and communicating ideas about the relationships between the human, spiritual and natural worlds. However, despite the ritual and symbolic significance of many artistic works, the interactive and interdependent relationship between art and religion in the African context remains understudied and misunderstood. This book draws on the methodologies of several disciplines to provide a greater understanding of the philosophical and reigious aspects of artistic works and to challenge Western perceptions of what is 'important'. Case studies and examples reflect the geographical, material and gendered diversity of Africa's visual and performing arts and highlight the changes imposed by Christianity, Islam and the newer religious movements in post-colonial Africa. Rosalind I.J. Hackett is Professor of Religious Studies, University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
Rowland Abiodun is Professor at Amherst College, MA, USA.
Creation, creativity and agency; envisioning and representing 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.
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 1.10.1998 |
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Verlagsort | London |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 189 x 246 mm |
Gewicht | 550 g |
Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Kunstgeschichte / Kunststile |
Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett | |
Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Tanzen / Tanzsport | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie | |
Sozialwissenschaften | |
ISBN-10 | 0-304-70424-5 / 0304704245 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-304-70424-8 / 9780304704248 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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