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Beautiful necessity : the art and meaning of women's altars / Kay Turner.
LIBRA BL602 .T87 1999
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Turner, Kay, 1948-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Altars.
- Spiritual life.
- Household shrines.
- Physical Description:
- 176 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 21 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Thames & Hudson, 1999.
- Summary:
- Turner presents a collection of collages of statues, flowers, pictures, photographs, drawings, amulets, pieces of shell, and bits of earth in 100 illustrations, 80 of which are in color.
- Contents:
- Introduction: A Place Apart, the tradition of women's altars 6
- Chapter 1 Preparing A Place: defining the personal altar 26
- Chapter 2 Maternal Legacies: inheriting the altar tradition 42
- Chapter 3 Other Beginnings: new ways of coming to altar-making 60
- Chapter 4 Creating Connections: altars and the desire for relationship 78
- Chapter 5 The Art of the Altar: layering, embellishment
- and excess 94
- Chapter 6 The Power of Images: embodiment and identification 112
- Chapter 7 Activating Relationship: ritual gestures and words of power 128
- Chapter 8 Healing: restoring body, mind, and spirit 146
- Conclusion: Women's Altars, a beautiful necessity 161
- About the altar-makers 167.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0500281505
- OCLC:
- 42039481
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