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A Goddess in Motion : Visual Creativity in the Cult of María Lionza / Roger Canals.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: New Directions in Anthropology ; 42Publisher: New York ; Oxford : Berghahn Books, [2017]Copyright date: ©2017Description: 1 online resource (212 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781785336126
  • 9781785336133
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 202.114 23
LOC classification:
  • BL2592.M35 C363 2017
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Who is María Lionza? -- Chapter 2. The Cult of María Lionza -- Chapter 3. The Ritual Image -- Chapter 4. Between Art and Religion -- Chapter 5. Bodies, Dreams, and Apparitions -- Chapter 6. A Globalized Goddess -- Chapter 7. A Network of Images -- Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary: The current practice of the cult of María Lionza is one of the most important and yet unexplored religious practices in Venezuela. Based on long-term fieldwork, this book explores the role of images and visual culture within the cult. By adopting a relational approach, A Goddess in Motion shows how the innumerable images of this goddess—represented as an Indian, white or mestizo woman—move constantly from objects to bodies, from bodies to dreams, and from the religion domain to the art world. In short, this book is a fascinating study that sheds light on the role of visual creativity in contemporary religious manifestations.
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Frontmatter -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Who is María Lionza? -- Chapter 2. The Cult of María Lionza -- Chapter 3. The Ritual Image -- Chapter 4. Between Art and Religion -- Chapter 5. Bodies, Dreams, and Apparitions -- Chapter 6. A Globalized Goddess -- Chapter 7. A Network of Images -- Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Index

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The current practice of the cult of María Lionza is one of the most important and yet unexplored religious practices in Venezuela. Based on long-term fieldwork, this book explores the role of images and visual culture within the cult. By adopting a relational approach, A Goddess in Motion shows how the innumerable images of this goddess—represented as an Indian, white or mestizo woman—move constantly from objects to bodies, from bodies to dreams, and from the religion domain to the art world. In short, this book is a fascinating study that sheds light on the role of visual creativity in contemporary religious manifestations.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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