Author: Hackett, Rosalind I.J.
Title: Art and Religion in Africa
Description: London / New Yiork, Cassell, (1996). orig. boards, dustwrapper. xiv,226,(4)p, 25x18cm, In a rubbed and torn dustwrapper.. 4pp color photoplates. A bump & small tear to head of spine. Minor rubbing. VG. ¶ Includes textual maps, drawings and photo illustrations + 4pp color photoplates. Series: Religion & the Arts. Contents: Creation, Creativity and Agency; Envisioning & (Re)presenting the Spirit World; Ethos, Cosmos & Hierarchy; Revealing & Concealing: The Art of Initiaton & Secret Societies;The Aesthetic as Antidote & Transformer; Shrines as Ritual & Aesthetic Space; Allusion & Illusion: The Rituals & Symbols of Death & Beyond; Conclusion: Winds of Change.

Keywords: African Ethnology, Africa, Religion, Religious, Sociology, Anthropology, Ethnography, Art History,