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Flash of the Spirit: African and Afro-American Art and Philosophy » (1st Vintage Books ed)
Authors: Robert Farris Thompson
ISBN-13: 9780394723693, ISBN-10: 0394723694
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Date Published: August 1984
Edition: 1st Vintage Books ed
Author Biography: Robert Farris Thompson
Book Synopsis
This book reveals how five distinct African civilizations have shaped the specific cultures of their New World descendants.
From the Trade Paperback edition.
Table of Contents
| Introduction | xiii | |
| 1 | Black Saints Go Marching In: Yoruba Art and Culture in the Americas | 1 |
| 2 | The Sign of the Four Moments of the Sun: Kongo Art and Religion in the Americas | 101 |
| 3 | The Rara of the Universe: Vodun Religion and Art in Haiti | 161 |
| 4 | Round Houses and Rhythmized Textiles: Mande-Related Art and Architecture in the Americas | 193 |
| 5 | Emblems of Prowess: Ejagham Art and Writing in Two Worlds | 225 |
| Notes | 269 | |
| Index | 303 |
Subjects
African Americans
African American Arts & Entertainment African American Art
African Americans African American History General & Miscellaneous African American History
Art, Architecture & Photography Art History & Criticism African Art
Art, Architecture & Photography Art History & Criticism Art of the Americas
History African History African Diaspora History
History African American History African American Arts & Entertainment
History African American History African American History
History American History United States History - African American History
Nonfiction Social Sciences African Studies
Nonfiction Social Sciences Regional Studies
Nonfiction All Nonfiction African Studies
Science & Nature Social Sciences African Studies
Science & Nature Social Sciences Regional Studies
Social Sciences African Studies African Art
Social Sciences African Studies Africana - African Diaspora (outside U.S.)
Social Sciences Regional Studies Africana - African Diaspora (outside U.S.)
Nonfiction History African History
Nonfiction History African American History
Nonfiction History American History
African American Arts & Entertainment African American ArtAfrican Americans
African American History General & Miscellaneous African American HistoryArt, Architecture & Photography
Art History & Criticism African ArtArt, Architecture & Photography
Art History & Criticism Art of the AmericasHistory
African History African Diaspora HistoryHistory
African American History African American Arts & EntertainmentHistory
African American History African American HistoryHistory
American History United States History - African American HistoryNonfiction
Social Sciences African StudiesNonfiction
Social Sciences Regional StudiesNonfiction
All Nonfiction African StudiesScience & Nature
Social Sciences African StudiesScience & Nature
Social Sciences Regional StudiesSocial Sciences
African Studies African ArtSocial Sciences
African Studies Africana - African Diaspora (outside U.S.)Social Sciences
Regional Studies Africana - African Diaspora (outside U.S.)Nonfiction
History African HistoryNonfiction
History African American HistoryNonfiction
History American History