Pierre Fatumbi Verger : From Detached Look to Knowledge Through Initiation.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Souty, Jérôme.

Series:

Methodology and History in Anthropology Series

Methodology and History in Anthropology Series ; v.56

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Verger, Pierre, 1902-1996.

Yoruba (African people)--Religion.

Yoruba (African people).

Afro-Brazilian religions.

Local Subjects:

Verger, Pierre, 1902-1996.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (449 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Berghahn Books, Incorporated, 2026.

Summary:

This is the definitive book on the artistic and scientific work of Pierre Fatumbi Verger's, and on his life journey. Verger's life is extraordinary, and his work (as a photographer around the world and insider ethnographer, but also as a botanist and historian) is exceptional. His empathy and unique methodology have opened up new avenues for research and understanding. Yet his work is still little known outside Brazil, particularly in the English-speaking world. This book is based on extensive ethnographic fieldwork in Brazil, mainly in the milieu of Candomblé (a religion of African origin), as well as on long-term biographical research, mainly in France and Brazil. The book provides an in-depth analysis of the issued raised by Verger's method and the implications of his life experience and work for anthropology. This book tells a story: it has a narrative thread; but it also contains precise ethnographic analyses, historical descriptions and it's filled with in-depth anthropological insights. It is at once an anthropological essay, a transcultural portrait, an intellectual/critical biography, and a comprehensive reflection on the meaning and scope of Verger's life and work.

Contents:

Pierre Fatumbi Verger

Prelims Figures

Contents

Acknowledgements

Notes on the Text

Glossary

Introduction

Chapter 1. A Method 'by Default'?

Chapter 2. The Relationship with the Other

Chapter 3. The Place of the Image in Research

Chapter 4. The Relationship to Writing

Chapter 5. From African Fidelity to the 'Invention of Tradition'

Chapter 6. A First Initiatory Journey (up to 1948)

Chapter 7. Initiations (from 1948)

Chapter 8. The 'Law of the Secret'

Chapter 9. Between Self and Other

Chapter 10. Initiatory Knowledge

Final Thoughts

References

Index of Subjects

Index of Names.

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Other Format:

Print version: Souty, Jérôme Pierre Fatumbi Verger

ISBN:

9781836955115

OCLC:

1589250720