African Religions and Art in the Americas
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20199372 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Katherine E Smith (0000-0002-1060-4102), Katherine Smith (0000-0001-7471-0708, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 5-12 |
| Publication date | 2012-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Nova Religio The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1092-6690 • E-ISSN: 1541-8480 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1525/nr.2012.16.1.5 |
| OpenAlex | W2277393315 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 8 |
This print symposium of Nova Religio is devoted to African religions and arts in the Americas, focusing specifically on devotional arts inspired by the Yoruba people of West Africa. The authors presented here privilege an emic approach to the study of art and religion, basing their work on extensive interviews with artists, religious practitioners, and consumers. These articles contribute an understanding of devotional arts that shows Africa, or the idea of Africa, remains a powerful political and aesthetic force in the religious imagination of the Americas
Aesthetics · African art · Art · Emic and etic · Ethnic group · History of religions · Political science · Politics · Sociology · The arts · Visual arts · Yoruba · African cultural and philosophical studies · African history and culture studies · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Anthropology · History · Law · Philosophy · Religious studies
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |