The Red Fez - On Art and Possession in Africa (Paperback, 2nd edition)

Kramer sets out to show that African images of Europeans-in sculpture, masquerades and above all spirit possession-are the reverse and also the counterpart of European images of the Other as savage, whether noble or ignoble. In ways which may echo 19th-century European realism, they reveal the power of the detail: a feather, a car, or the eponymous red fez which runs like a leitmotif through spirit possession cults of the early colonial period. "The Red Fez" demonstrates not only the startling likenesses to ourselves and our culture, but also reflections of forms of knowledge which this civilization has submerged.

General

Imprint:	Verso Books
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	August 1993
Authors:	Fritz Kramer
Translators:	Malcolm R. Green
Dimensions:	233 x 156 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	304
Edition:	2nd edition
ISBN-13:	978-1-78663-725-3
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > The arts: general issues > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > General
LSN:	1-78663-725-1
Barcode:	9781786637253

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