Fetishes And Monuments : Afro-Brazilian Art and Culture in the 20th Century

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sansi, Roger.

Series:

Remapping Cultural History

Remapping Cultural History ; v.6

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (224 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Berghahn Books, 2007.

Summary:

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, writer

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

9780857455406

0857455400

OCLC:

994873631