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Art, Anthropology and the Gift

By: Roger Sansi

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Art, Anthropology and the Gift

By: Roger Sansi

In recent decades, the dialogue between art and anthropology has been both intense and controversial. Art, Anthropology and the Gift provides a much-needed and comprehensive overview of this dialogue, whilst also exploring the reciprocal nature of the two subjects through practice, theory and politics. Fully engaging with anthropology and art theory, this book innovatively argues that art and anthropology don’t just share methodologies, but also deeper intellectual, theoretical and even political concerns, inviting scholars and students alike to look at this contentious relationship in a more critical light. One of the central arguments of the book is that the problem of the ‘gift’ has been central to both anthropological and artistic practice. This very idea connects the different chapters on topics including aesthetics, politics, participation and fieldwork.

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1000189635

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Fetishes and Monuments

Afro-Brazilian Art and Culture in the 20th Century

By: Roger Sansi-Roca,Roger Sansi

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Fetishes and Monuments

Afro-Brazilian Art and Culture in the 20th Century

By: Roger Sansi-Roca,Roger Sansi

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, writers, and philosophers. Addressing this history as a journey of objectification and appropriation, the author offers a fresh, unconventional, and illuminating look at questions of syncretism, hybridity and cultural resistance in Brazil and in the Black Atlantic in general.

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Berghahn Books

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1845457110

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A Goddess in Motion

Visual Creativity in the Cult of María Lionza

By: Roger Canals

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A Goddess in Motion

Visual Creativity in the Cult of María Lionza

By: Roger Canals

The current practice of the cult of María Lionza is one of the most important and yet unexplored religious practices in Venezuela. Based on long-term fieldwork, this book explores the role of images and visual culture within the cult. By adopting a relational approach, A Goddess in Motion shows how the innumerable images of this goddess—represented as an Indian, white or mestizo woman—move constantly from objects to bodies, from bodies to dreams, and from the religion domain to the art world. In short, this book is a fascinating study that sheds light on the role of visual creativity in contemporary religious manifestations.

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1785336134

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Art, Anthropology and the Gift

By: Roger Sansi

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Art, Anthropology and the Gift

By: Roger Sansi

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In recent decades, the dialogue between art and anthropology has been both intense and controversial. Art, Anthropology and the Gift provides a much-needed and comprehensive overview of this dialogue, whilst also exploring the reciprocal nature of the two subjects through practice, theory and politics. Fully engaging with anthropology and art theory, this book innovatively argues that art and anthropology don't just share methodologies, but also deeper intellectual, theoretical and even political concerns, inviting scholars and students alike to look at this contentious relationship in a more critical light. One of the central arguments of the book is that the problem of the 'gift' has been central to both anthropological and artistic practice. This very idea connects the different chapters on topics including aesthetics, politics, participation and fieldwork.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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0857857819

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Fetishes and Monuments

Afro-Brazilian Art and Culture in the 20th Century

By: Roger Sansi-Roca,Roger Sansi

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Afro-Brazilian Art and Culture in the 20th Century

By: Roger Sansi-Roca,Roger Sansi

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Sorcery in the Black Atlantic

By: Luis Nicolau Parés,Roger Sansi-Roca

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Sorcery in the Black Atlantic

By: Luis Nicolau Parés,Roger Sansi-Roca

Roger Sansi is lecturer in anthropology at Goldsmiths, University of London. --Book Jacket.

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University of Chicago Press

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0226645789

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Art, Anthropology and the Gift

Art, Anthropology and the Gift

Fetishes and Monuments

Fetishes and Monuments

A Goddess in Motion

A Goddess in Motion

Art, Anthropology and the Gift

Art, Anthropology and the Gift

Art, Anthropology and the Gift

Art, Anthropology and the Gift

Fetishes and Monuments

Fetishes and Monuments

Sorcery in the Black Atlantic

Sorcery in the Black Atlantic

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