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Flash of the spirit : African and Afro-American art and philosophy
- Title
- Flash of the spirit : African and Afro-American art and philosophy / Robert Farris Thompson.
- Author
- Thompson, Robert Farris
- Publication
- New York : Random House, [1983].
- ©1983.
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Details
- Description
- xvii, 317 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Subject
- Black people > America > History
- African Americans > History
- Arts, Black > America
- African American arts
- Black people
- Arts, Black
- African Americans
- African American art
- African American arts
- African Americans > History
- Arts, Black > America
- Black people > America > History
- Noirs > États-Unis > Histoire
- Arts noirs américains
- America
- Genre/Form
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Ch. 1 Black Saints Go Marching In: Yoruba Art and Culture in the Americas; Ch. 2 The Sign of the Four Moments of the Sun: Kongo Art and Religion in the Americas; Ch. 3 The Rara of the Universe: Vodun Religion and Art in Haiti; Ch. 4 Round Houses and Rythmized Textiles: Mande-related Art and Architecture in the Americas Ch. 5 Emblems of Prowess: Ejagham Art and Writing in Two Worlds.
- ISBN
- 0394505158
- 9780394505152
- LCCN
- 79005560
- OCLC
- ocm09576265
- 9576265
- SCSB-9458594
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library