| Vodun in Coastal Benin: Unfinished, Open-Ended, Global Contributor(s): Rush, Dana (Author) |
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ISBN: 0826519083 ISBN-13: 9780826519085 Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press OUR PRICE: $39.55 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Ethnic & Tribal - Religion | History - History | Africa - West |
| Dewey: 299.675 |
| LCCN: 2012035737 |
| Series: Critical Investigations of the African Diaspora |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 7" W x 9.9" (1.25 lbs) 244 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - West Africa - Ethnic Orientation - African |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Centered on the former slaving port of Ouidah, Benin, Dana Rush's research extends through Togo to Ghana, a region where exchanges of histories, ideas, and belief systems are given material forms. This is a land where Shango, Jesus, and the Buddha are all gods of Vodun; where Hindu and Vodun deities co-exist in symbiosis; where the spirits of people enslaved 150 years ago are paid tribute by the children of their long-lost masters; and where Haitian, Brazilian, and Cuban images, artists, and spirits remain relevant to contemporary West African practices. The book is richly illustrated with color photographs of Vodun shrines, temple wall paintings, masquerades, and Hindu chromolithographs. This book is the first publication in a new series called Critical Investigations of the African Diaspora. The series grows out of Issues in Critical Investigation, a Vanderbilt initiative to assist junior scholars through critical feedback from senior faculty, annual symposia, and prize competitions in the humanities and social sciences. Dana Rush's Vodun in Coastal Benin is the winner of the inaugural Anna Julia Cooper Prize in the Humanities. |
Contributor Bio(s): Rush, Dana: - Dana Rush is a Research Fellow at the University of Strasbourg Institute for Advanced Study and a Visiting Senior Fellow at the Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research at the University of Amsterdam. |