African Vodun: Art, Psychology, and Power

by Suzanne Preston Blier

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226058581
• ISBN13: 9780226058580
• Release Date: March 1995
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 486 Pages
• Weight: 3.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 7.0" x 10.0"