Art, Performance and Ritual in Benin City
Author:   Charles Gore ,  J. D. Y. Peel ,  Suzette Heald ,  Deborah James
Publisher:   Edinburgh University Press
Volume:   No. 37
ISBN:  

9780748633166


Pages:   256
Publication Date:   26 October 2007
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Charles Gore ,  J. D. Y. Peel ,  Suzette Heald ,  Deborah James
Publisher:   Edinburgh University Press
Imprint:   Edinburgh University Press
Volume:   No. 37
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.658kg
ISBN:  

9780748633166


ISBN 10:   0748633162
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   26 October 2007
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Temporarily unavailable   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Introduction; 1 History, Art History and the Edo Kingdom; 2 Shrines and Deities; 3 Priests and Shrines; 4 The Life Histories of Some Ohens; 5 Artists and Artworlds; 6 Songs for the Gods; 7 The Parrot's Tale; 8 Art History and Artefact.

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This seminal book on the urban shrines of Benin City, Nigeria, is a densely composed work of anthropology. Gore adds an important study of Benin shrine arts to the corpus of available research. -- Christian Lund Africa This seminal book on the urban shrines of Benin City, Nigeria, is a densely composed work of anthropology. Gore adds an important study of Benin shrine arts to the corpus of available research.


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Charles Gore is an artist and Lecturer in the History of African Art, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS).

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