African Vodun
Art, Psychology, and Power
486 pages, 8 color plates, 161 halftones, 4 maps 7 x 10
©
1994
Paper $48.00
ISBN: 9780226058603
Published December 1996
Acknowledgments Linguistic Note Introduction: Ties that Bind: The Psychology and Power of Art 1: Vodun Art, Social History, and the Slave Trade 2: Audiences, Artists, and Sculptural Activators 3: Design in Desire: Transference and the Arts of [actual symbol not reproducible] 4: Bodies and Being: Anatomy, Anamnesis, and Representation 5: The I and Not-I in Artistic Expressions of the Self 6: Alchemy and Art: Matter, Mind, and Sculptural Meaning 7: Surface Parergon and the Arts of Suturing 8: The Force of Genre: Sculptural Tension and Typology 9: Power, Art, and the Mysteries of Rule Conclusions, Concomitants, and Comparisons Appendix: Collections and Stylistic Features Sources Notes Bibliography Index
Awards
- The Arnold Rubin Outstanding Publication Award
Honorable Mention
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