A Goddess in Motion

Visual Creativity in the Cult of María Lionza

ROGER CANALS (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

212 Seiten

2022
Berghahn Books (Verlag)
978-1-80073-371-8 (ISBN)

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The current practice of the cult of María Lionza is one of the most important and yet unexplored religious practices in Venezuela. Based on long-term fieldwork, this book explores the role of images and visual culture within the cult. By adopting a relational approach, A Goddess in Motion shows how the innumerable images of this goddess—represented as an Indian, white or mestizo woman—move constantly from objects to bodies, from bodies to dreams, and from the religion domain to the art world. In short, this book is a fascinating study that sheds light on the role of visual creativity in contemporary religious manifestations.

Roger Canals works as associate professor in the department of Social Anthropology at the University of Barcelona. Besides numerous articles in visual anthropology and anthropology of religion, he is the director of several international award-winning ethnographic films, including A Goddess in Motion (2016, Wenner-Gren Foundation). In 2020, he was awarded an ERC-Consolidator Grant for the project Visual Trust. Reliability, accountability and forgery in scientific, religious and social images (2021-2026).

List of Figures

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Chapter 1. Who is María Lionza?

Chapter 2. The cult of María Lionza

Chapter 3. The ritual image

Chapter 4. Between Art and Religion

Chapter 5. Bodies, Dreams and Apparitions

Chapter 6. A Globalized Goddess

Chapter 7. A Network of Images

Conclusions

Bibliography

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	21.12.2021
Reihe/Serie	New Directions in Anthropology
Verlagsort	Oxford
Sprache	englisch
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
ISBN-10	1-80073-371-2 / 1800733712
ISBN-13	978-1-80073-371-8 / 9781800733718
Zustand	Neuware