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Hardcover African Vodun: Art, Psychology, and Power Book

ISBN: 0226058581

ISBN13: 9780226058580

African Vodun: Art, Psychology, and Power

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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...

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