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Fetishes and monuments : Afro-Brazilian art and culture in the twentieth century /
One hundred years ago in Brazil the rituals of Candomblé were feared as sorcery and persecuted as crime. Its cult objects were fearsome fetishes. Nowadays, they are Afro-Brazilian cultural works of art, objects of museum display and public monuments. Focusing on the particular histories of objects,...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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New York :
Berghahn Books,
2010.
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| Series: | Remapping cultural history ;
v. 6. |
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Title Page; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Introduction; Chapter 1 'Making the Saint': Spirits, Shrines and Syncretism in Candomble; Chapter 2 From Sorcery to Civilisation: The Objectification of Afro-Brazilian Culture; Chapter 3 From Informants to Scholars: Appropriating Afro-Brazilian Culture; Chapter 4 From Weapons of Crime to Jewels of the Crown: Candomble in Museums; Chapter 5 From the Shanties to the Mansions: Candomble as National Heritage; Chapter 6 Modern Art and Afro-Brazilian Culture in Bahia; Chapter 7 Authenticity and Commodification in Afro-Brazilian Art.
- Chapter 8 Candomble as Public Art: The Orixas TororoChapter 9 Re-appropriations of Afro-Brazilian Culture; Bibliography; Index.