African Vodun: Art, Psychology, and Power

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1995
Book Title
African Vodun: Art, Psychology, and Power
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9780226058580
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Publisher
University of Chicago Press
ISBN-10
0226058581
ISBN-13
9780226058580
eBay Product ID (ePID)
85342

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
486 Pages
Publication Name
African Vodun : Art, Psychology, and Power
Language
English
Publication Year
1995
Subject
Sculpture & Installation, History / Prehistoric & Primitive, Subjects & Themes / Religious, African
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Art
Author
Suzanne Preston Blier
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
1.2 in
Item Weight
50.9 Oz
Item Length
10 in
Item Width
7 in

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Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
94-002180
Dewey Edition
20
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
730/.09668
Table Of Content
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
Synopsis
Beads, bones, rags, straw, leather, pottery, fur, feathers and blood--these are the raw materials of vodun artworks. The power of these images lies not only in their aesthetic, and counter-aesthetic, appeal but also in their psychological and emotional effect. As objects of fury and force, these works are intended to protect and empower people and cultures that have long been oppressed. In this first major study of its kind, Suzanne Preston Blier examines the artworks of the contemporary vodun cultures of southern Benin and Togo in West Africa as well as the related voudou traditions of Haiti, New Orleans, and historic Salem, Massachusetts. Blier employs a variety of theoretically sophisticated psychological, anthropological, and art historical approaches to explore the contrasts inherent in the vodun arts--commoners versus royalty, popular versus elite, "low" art versus "high." She examines the relation between art and the slave trade, the psychological dynamics of artistic expression, the significance of the body in sculptural expression, and indigenous perceptions of the psyche. Throughout, Blier pushes African art history to a new height of cultural awareness that recognizes the complexity of traditional African societies as it acknowledges the role of social power in shaping aesthetics and meaning generally. This book will be of critical importance not only to those concerned with African, African American, and Caribbean art, but also to anthropologists, African diaspora scholars, students of comparative religion and comparative psychology, and anyone fascinated by the traditions of voudou and vodun . "An extraordinary tour de force."-- Choice "Extraordinarily detailed....Blier's examination of the entire, often mysterious history of vodun is...in a word, definitive."-- Booklist "A serious study that concentrates on the hidden power of objects and the meaning behind that potency is long overdue. Welcome Susan Blier's African Vodun ....Certainly a must for...those concerned with the psychology of art."--Janet L. Stanley, Art Documentation "[Blier] is usually sensitive to the need to resist imposing Western artistic values and academic methodologies inappropriately upon such art. But she offers the reader a gift even more precious; she offers rare insights into how various art forms--sculpture and home architecture in particular--yield meanings for the African users of such art.--Norman Weinstein, Boston Book Review, Beads, bones, rags, straw, leather, pottery, fur, feathers and blood these are the raw materials of "vodun" artworks. The power of these images lies not only in their aesthetic, and counter-aesthetic, appeal but also in their psychological and emotional effect. As objects of fury and force, these works are intended to protect and empower people and cultures that have long been oppressed. In this first major study of its kind, Suzanne Preston Blier examines the artworks of the contemporary "vodun" cultures of southern Benin and Togo in West Africa as well as the related "voudou" traditions of Haiti, New Orleans, and historic Salem, Massachusetts. Blier employs a variety of theoretically sophisticated psychological, anthropological, and art historical approaches to explore the contrasts inherent in the "vodun" arts commoners versus royalty, popular versus elite, "low" art versus "high." She examines the relation between art and the slave trade, the psychological dynamics of artistic expression, the significance of the body in sculptural expression, and indigenous perceptions of the psyche. Throughout, Blier pushes African art history to a new height of cultural awareness that recognizes the complexity of traditional African societies as it acknowledges the role of social power in shaping aesthetics and meaning generally. This book will be of critical importance not only to those concerned with African, African American, and Caribbean art, but also to anthropologists, African diaspora scholars, students of comparative religion and comparative psychology, and anyone fascinated by the traditions of "voudou" and "vodun." "An extraordinary tour de force." "Choice" "Extraordinarily detailed....Blier's examination of the entire, often mysterious history of vodun is...in a word, definitive." "Booklist" "A serious study that concentrates on the hidden power of objects and the meaning behind that potency is long overdue. Welcome Susan Blier's "African Vodun."...Certainly a must for...those concerned with the psychology of art." Janet L. Stanley, "Art Documentation" " Blier] is usually sensitive to the need to resist imposing Western artistic values and academic methodologies inappropriately upon such art. But she offers the reader a gift even more precious; she offers rare insights into how various art forms sculpture and home architecture in particular yield meanings for the African "users" of such art. Norman Weinstein, "Boston Book Review""
LC Classification Number
NB1910.B57 1995

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