The light inside : Abakuá society arts and Cuban cultural history /: Abakuá society arts and Cuban cultural history. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: David H. Brown.
• Authors: Brown, David H (David Hilary), 1957-
• Contents: List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Part I: "The Light Inside": Abakuá Society Arts and Modern Cuban Cultural History Introduction: Meanings, Methods, and the Cultural Biography of Things Abakuá 2. The Abakuá Society and the African Society Diaspora 3. Abakuá Altar Arts: Ekue, Representation, and the Banner of Regla’s Efori Eñongo 4. Cloth and Signs: West African Ukara and the Iconography of Regla’s Efori Eñongo 5. Altars, Offices, and Multiple Meanings 6. "Symbolic Drums:" Innovations and Inventions 7. The Íremes and Their Sacos Part II: El Nañígo "Graduates" 8. Pictures, Performances, and the Police: Changing Contexts for Costumbrista Arts 9. Struggle over Possession of the Secret: The Museuming of the Nañígos’ "Most Sacred Effects" 10. From Atavism to Modern Primitivism 11. From Primitivism to Folklore 12. We were Teaching How to Ask the Black Man About Very Private Personal Things: Afrocubana, the Triumph of the Revolution, and Socialist Folklore 13: "The Ethnographic Museum" and the Cuban Revolution 14. Conclusion: The Abakuá Society and the National Narrative Notes References Index
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white, and colour)
• Subjects: 366; Secret societies -- Cuba; Men -- Cuba -- Societies and clubs; Altars -- Cuba; Ceremonial objects -- Cuba; Art, Primitive -- Cuba; Blacks -- Cuba -- Rites and ceremonies; Blacks -- Religious life -- Cuba; Blacks -- Material culture -- Cuba
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781000008180; 9781000001341; 9781000014709; 9780429283789
• Related ISBNs: 9780367246525
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.