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Book Title:Fetishes and Monuments: Afro-Brazilian Art and Culture in the 20th Century
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Author:Roger Sansi
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Publication Year:2007
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Fetishes and Monuments by Roger Sansi One hundred years ago in Brazil the rituals of Candomble were feared as sorcery and persecuted as crime. Addressing this history as a journey of objectification and appropriation, the author offers a fresh, and illuminating look at questions of syncretism, hybridity and cultural resistance in Brazil and in the Black Atlantic in general. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description 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. Author Biography Roger Sansi is a Lecturer in Anthropology at Goldsmiths College, London .He has conducted research on Afro-Brazilian art and culture in Brazil. Recently he has worked on the history of the term ”fetish” in the Lusophone Black Atlantic. Table of Contents List of IllustrationsAcknowledgementsIntroduction: Culture and Objectification in the Black RomeChapter 1. Making the Saint: Spirits, Shrines and Syncretism in CandombléChapter 2. From Sorcery to Civilisation: The Objectification of Afro-Brazilian CultureChapter 3. From Informants to Scholars: Appropriating Afro-Brazilian CultureChapter 4. From Weapons of Crime to Jewels of the Crown: Candomblé in MuseumsChapter 5. From the Shanties to the Mansions: Candomblé as National HeritageChapter 6. Modern Art and Afro-Brazilian Culture in BahiaChapter 7. Authenticity and Commodification in Afro-Brazilian ArtChapter 8. Candomblé as Public Art: The Orixás of TororóChapter 9. Re-appropriations of Afro-Brazilian CultureBibliographyIndex Review ”In all, this is an exciting study on a consolidated historiographic and anthropological theme such as Afro-Brazilian culture, since it does not take for granted the established truths, or the political practices and though, that both history and anthropology have set out to support in twentieth-century Brazil.” • Canadian Journal of History/Annales canadiennes dhistoire”…the impressive research and sensitive analyses… make this book an important and original contribution to the cultural history of the region. Anthropologists and historians interested in the development of Candomblé… and in the processes of objectification and appropriation of everyday practices and things as symbols of collective identity, will certainly find much of interest in Sansis work.” • Journal of Latin American Studies”This book… brings a new level of analytical rigor to the artistic study of African–American religious objects… Sansis economical prose allows him to make complex theoretical, historical, ethnographic, and aesthetic arguments succinctly. Its clarity and brevity makes it attractive for course adoption especially in African-Diaspora studies, museum studies and non-western art history courses.” • The Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology”Sansis book raises important questions about objectification, appropriation, syncretism, and cultural change in Brazil… the result is a lucid analysis of change over time in light of the political and social history of Brazil and the changes within Candomblé values and beliefs.” • Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute”A sensitive, well-written, fine analysis of a culture undergoing multiple transitions, without a certain future. Highly recommended.” • Choice Review Quote ”In all, this is an exciting study on a consolidated historiographic and anthropological theme such as Afro-Brazilian culture, since it does not take for granted the established truths, or the political practices and though, that both history and anthropology have set out to support in twentieth-century Brazil.” Canadian Journal of History/Annales canadiennes dhistoire ”…the impressive research and sensitive analyses…make this book an important and original contribution to the cultural history of the region. Anthropologists and historians interested in the development of Candombl …and in the processes of objectification and appropriation of everyday practices and things as symbols of collective identity, will certainly find much of interest in Sansis work.” Journal of Latin American Studies ”This book…brings a new level of analytical rigor to the artistic study of African-American religious objects…Sansis economical prose allows him to make complex theoretical, historical, ethnographic, and aesthetic arguments succinctly. Its clarity and brevity makes it attractive for course adoption especially in African-Diaspora studies, museum studies and non-western art history courses.” The Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology ”Sansis book raises important questions about objectification, appropriation, syncretism, and cultural change in Brazil…the result is a lucid analysis of change over time in light of the political and social history of Brazil and the changes within Candombl values and beliefs.” JRAI ”A sensitive, well-written, fine analysis of a culture undergoing multiple transitions, without a certain future. Highly recommended.” Choice Details ISBN1845453638 Author Roger Sansi Publisher Berghahn Books Series Remapping Cultural History Year 2007 ISBN-10 1845453638 ISBN-13 9781845453633 Format Hardcover Imprint Berghahn Books Place of Publication Oxford Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 709.81 Illustrations illustrations Short Title FETISHES & MONUMENTS Language English Media Book Series Number 6 Pages 224 Publication Date 2007-12-01 AU Release Date 2007-12-01 NZ Release Date 2007-12-01 UK Release Date 2007-12-01 Subtitle Afro-Brazilian Art and Culture in the 20th Century Audience Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly We’ve got this At The Nile, if you’re looking for it, we’ve got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items – you’re bound to find what you want, at a price you’ll love! TheNile_Item_ID:126578627;

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