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Africa's Ogun : old world and new / edited and with a new introduction by Sandra T. Barnes.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: African systems of thoughtPublication details: Bloomington [Ind.] : Indiana University Press, c1997.Edition: 2a expanded edDescription: xxi, 389 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0253332516 (cl : alk. paper)
  • 9780253332516 (cl : alk. paper)
  • 0253210836 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9780253210838 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 299/.63
LOC classification:
  • 110 BL 2480 A258 1997
Contents:
The many faces of Ogun : introduction to the first edition / Sandra T. Barnes -- The etymology of the word "Ogun" / Robert G. Armstrong -- Ogun, the empire builder / Sandra T. Barnes and Paula Girshick Ben-Amos -- Systematic remembering, systematic forgetting : Ogou in Haiti / Karen McCarthy Brown -- Ogum and the Umbandista religion / Renato Ortiz -- The dreadful God and the divine king / John Pemberton III -- A portrait of Ogun as reflected in Ijala chants / Adeboye Babalola -- Ogun's Iremoje : a philosophy of living and dying / Bade Ajuwon -- Dancing for Ogun in Yorubaland and in Brazil / Margaret Thompson Drewal -- Art or accident : Yoruba body artists and their deity Ogun / Henry John Drewal -- A comparative analysis of Ogun in precolonial Yorubaland / J.D.Y. Peel -- Repossession : Ogun in folklore and literature / Donald J. Cosentino -- Unveiling the Orisha / Philip Scher -- Ogun and body/mind potentiality : Yoruba scarification and painting traditions in Africa and the Americas / Henry John Drewal and John Mason -- Ogun : builder of the Lukumi's house / John Mason.
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Vol info Copy number Status Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Recursos Regionales Recursos Regionales (2do. Piso) 110 BL 2480 A258 1997 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 1 Available 00000041766

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The many faces of Ogun : introduction to the first edition / Sandra T. Barnes -- The etymology of the word "Ogun" / Robert G. Armstrong -- Ogun, the empire builder / Sandra T. Barnes and Paula Girshick Ben-Amos -- Systematic remembering, systematic forgetting : Ogou in Haiti / Karen McCarthy Brown -- Ogum and the Umbandista religion / Renato Ortiz -- The dreadful God and the divine king / John Pemberton III -- A portrait of Ogun as reflected in Ijala chants / Adeboye Babalola -- Ogun's Iremoje : a philosophy of living and dying / Bade Ajuwon -- Dancing for Ogun in Yorubaland and in Brazil / Margaret Thompson Drewal -- Art or accident : Yoruba body artists and their deity Ogun / Henry John Drewal -- A comparative analysis of Ogun in precolonial Yorubaland / J.D.Y. Peel -- Repossession : Ogun in folklore and literature / Donald J. Cosentino -- Unveiling the Orisha / Philip Scher -- Ogun and body/mind potentiality : Yoruba scarification and painting traditions in Africa and the Americas / Henry John Drewal and John Mason -- Ogun : builder of the Lukumi's house / John Mason.

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