The Wild Bull and the Sacred Forest : Form, Meaning, and Change in Senegambian Initiation Masks Paperback / softback
by Peter Mark
Part of the Res Monographs in Anthropology and Aesthetics series
Paperback / softback
Description
This study of the cattle-horned initiation masks of southern Senegal and the Gambia weaves together art history, history, and cultural anthropology to give a detailed view of Casamance cultures, as they have interacted and changed over the past two centuries.
Based on seven field trips to West Africa and fifteen years of research in colonial archives and museum collections from Dakar to Leipzig, Professor Mark's work presents a subtle interpretation of Casamance horned masquerades, their complex ritual symbolism, and the metaphysical concepts to which they allude.
In tracing the cultural interaction and changing identity of the peoples of the Casamance, the author convincingly argues for a dynamic approach to art and ethnic identity.
Culture should be seen not as a fixed entity but as a continuing process.
This dynamic model reflects the history of interaction between Manding and Diola and between Muslim and non-Muslim, that has produced hybrid masks.
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- Pages:190 pages, Worked examples or Exercises
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:17/02/2011
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- ISBN:9780521180870
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:190 pages, Worked examples or Exercises
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:17/02/2011
- Category:
- ISBN:9780521180870
