Flash of the spirit : African and Afro-American art and philosophy / Robert Farris Thompson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thompson, Robert Farris, author.

Contributor:

Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Black people--America--History.

Black people.

Arts, Black.

America.

History.

African Americans--History.

African Americans.

Arts, Black--America.

African American arts.

Genre:

History.

Penn Provenance:

Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xvii pages, 1 unnumbered page, 317 pages, 1 unnumbered page : illustrations ; 21 cm

Edition:

First Vintage books edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Vintage Books, a division of Random House, 1984.

Summary:

Explores how five African civilizations, Yoruba, Kongo, Ejagham, Mande, and Cross River, have influenced and been portrayed in the aesthetic, social, and meta-physical traditions of black people in the United States, Cuba, Haiti, Trinidad, Mexico, Brazil, and other places in the New World.

Contents:

Black Saints go Marching In: Yoruba art and culture in the Americas

The Sign of the Four Moments of the Sun: Kongo art and religion in the Americas

The Rara of the Universe: Vodun religion and art in Haiti

Round Houses and Rhythmized Textiles: Mande-related art and architecture in the Americas

Emblems of Prowess: Ejagham art and writing in two worlds.

Notes:

"First Vintage Books Edition, August 1984."

Originally published in hardcover by Random House, Inc., 1983.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-302) and index.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.

Other Format:

Online version: Thompson, Robert Farris. Flash of the spirit.

ISBN:

0394723694

9780394723693

OCLC:

10099419

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