Roger Sansi

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Fetishes and Monuments: Afro-Brazilian Art and Culture in the 20th CenturyPaperback, 1 December 2009

Fetishes and Monuments: Afro-Brazilian Art and Culture in the 20th Century
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Part of Series
Remapping Cultural History
Print Length
224 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Date Published
1 Dec 2009
ISBN-10
1845457110
ISBN-13
9781845457112

Description

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, images, spaces and persons who embodied it, this book portrays the historical journey from weapons of sorcery looted by the police, to hidden living stones, to public works of art attacked by religious fanatics that see them as images of the Devil, former sorcerers who have become artists, writers, and philosophers. Addressing this history as a journey of objectification and appropriation, the author offers a fresh, unconventional, and illuminating look at questions of syncretism, hybridity and cultural resistance in Brazil and in the Black Atlantic in general.

Product Details

Author:
Roger Sansi
Book Format:
Paperback
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
1 December 2009
Dimensions:
22.86 x 15.24 x 1.19 cm
ISBN-10:
1845457110
ISBN-13:
9781845457112
Language:
English
Location:
New York, NY
Pages:
224
Publisher:
Weight:
303.91 gm

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