Queer World Making Contemporary Middle Eastern Diasporic Art

Gayed, Andrew/ Kina, Laura (Editor)

ISBN 10: 0295752297 / ISBN 13: 9780295752297

Edité par Univ of Washington Pr, 2024

328 pages. 9.00x7.25x0.94 inches. In Stock. N° de réf. du vendeur 0295752297

Synopsis :

A survey of little-studied sacred African bells and ritual objectsSummoning the Ancestors explores a collection of 72 ofo (small ritual objects) and 74 bells produced in southern Nigeria by Igala, Igbo, Edo, Yorùbá, and other neighboring peoples, which was gifted to the Fowler Museum by Mark Clayton. The use of bronze ofo, dynamic symbols of one’s relationship with the ancestors, dates back to at least the fifteenth century. Ofo likely derive from wire-wrapped bundles of twigs from a tree venerated in southern Nigeria. Bells—largely made in the late nineteenth to mid-twentieth centuries—were cast in copper alloys of bronze or brass, using the lost-wax technique. Many were rung to invoke ancestors or nature spirits, and some announced the presence of important members of the living world, such as priests or local rulers. Richly illustrated, Summoning the Ancestors highlights the remarkable degree of variation possible even in such modest artistic genres.

À propos des auteurs: Andrew Gayed is assistant professor of Art History and Visual Culture at the Ontario College of Art and Design University. His work has been published in Photography and Culture, Journal for Studies in Art Education, and the Journal of Anthropology of Contemporary Middle East and Central Eurasia.

Laura Kina is professor of art, critical ethnic studies, and global Asian studies at DePaul University. She is the coeditor of Queering Contemporary Asian American Art (University of Washington Press, 2017) and War Baby / Love Child: Mixed Race Asian American Art (University of Washington Press, 2013).

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Queer World Making Contemporary Middle ...
Éditeur : Univ of Washington Pr
Date d'édition : 2024
Reliure : Paperback
Etat : Brand New