TY  - BOOK
AU  - Canals,Roger
TI  - A Goddess in Motion: Visual Creativity in the Cult of María Lionza 
T2  - New Directions in Anthropology
SN  - 9781785336126
AV  - BL2592.M35 C363 2017
U1  - 202.114 23
PY  - 2017///]
CY  - New York, Oxford
PB  - Berghahn Books
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Anthropology of Religion, Anthropology (General), Cultural Studies (General)
N1  - 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; restricted access
N2  - 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
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1515/9781785336133?locatt=mode:legacy
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781785336133
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781785336133/original
ER  -