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Art and religion in Africa
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- Creator
- Rosalind I.J. Hackett
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- London : Cassell, 1998
- ©1996
- Series
- Physical Details
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- xiv, 226 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates ; 25 cm
- ISBNs
- 0304704245, 9780304704248
- OCLC
- ocm40228467
- Originally published: 1996.
- Bibliography: pages 207-220.
- Introduction -- Creation, creativity and agency -- Envisioning and (re)presenting the spirit world -- Ethos, cosmos and hierarchy -- Revealing and concealing: the art of initiation and secret societies -- The aesthetic as antidote and transformer -- Shrines as ritual and aesthetic space -- Allusion and illusion: the rituals and symbols of death and beyond -- Conclusion: Winds of change