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Flash of the spirit : African and Afro-American art and philosophy  Cover Image Book Book

Flash of the spirit : African and Afro-American art and philosophy

Summary: This book explores how five African civilizations - Yoruba, Kongo, Ejagham, Mande, and Cross River - have influenced and been portrayed in the aesthetic, social, and meta-physical traditions of Black people in the United States, Cuba, Haiti, Trinidad, Mexico, Brazil, and other places in the New World.

Item details

  • ISBN: 0394723694
  • ISBN: 9780394723693
  • Physical Description: print
    regular print
    xvii, 317 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
  • Edition: First Vintage Books edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Vintage Books, 1984.

Contents / Notes

Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-[302]) and index.
Formatted Contents Note: Black saints go marching in : Yoruba art and culture in the Americas -- The sign of the four moments of the sun : Kongo art and religion in the Americas -- The Rara of the universe : Vodun religion and art in Haiti -- Round houses and rhythmized textiles : Mande-related art and architecture in the Americas -- Emblems of prowess : Ejagham art and writing in two worlds.
Subject: African American art African influences
Black people America History
African Americans History
Arts, Black America
Aesthetics, Black America
African American arts
African diaspora in art
Noirs américains Histoire
Arts noirs Amérique
Arts noirs américains
Art noir américain Influence africaine
Personnes noires Amérique Histoire
Esthétique noire Amérique
Africains Pays étrangers, dans l'art
Black people
Arts, Black
African diaspora in art
African Americans
African American arts
African American art African influences
Aesthetics, Black
America
Kunst
Afrika
Amerika
Schwarze
Culturele invloeden
Afrikaanse filosofie
Zwarten
Noirs Etats-Unis Histoire
Arts négro-américains
Schwarze
Genre: History

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