Fetishes and Monuments
Author： Mendelsohn Ezra;Hoffman Stefani; un Richard T.;
Publisher： Berghahn Books
Publication year： 2007
E-ISBN: 9780857455406
P-ISBN(Hardback): 9781845457112
Subject： C0 Social Science Theory and Methodology;J1 Overview of World Art
Keyword： null 社会科学理论与方法论,世界各国艺术概况Overview of World ArtSocial Science Theory and Methodology
Language： ENG
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Description
One hundred years ago in Brazil the rituals of Candomble 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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