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The Wild Bull and the Sacred Forest - Form, Meaning, and Change in Senegambian Initiation Masks (Hardcover, New)
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The Wild Bull and the Sacred Forest - Form, Meaning, and Change in Senegambian Initiation Masks (Hardcover, New)
Series: Res Monographs in Anthropology and Aesthetics
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This study of the cattle-horned initiation masks of southern
Senegal and the Gambia weaves together art history, history, and
cultural anthropology to give a detailed view of Casamance
cultures, as they have interacted and changed over the past two
centuries. Based on seven field trips to West Africa and fifteen
years of research in colonial archives and museum collections from
Dakar to Leipzig, Professor Mark's work presents a subtle
interpretation of Casamance horned masquerades, their complex
ritual symbolism, and the metaphysical concepts to which they
allude. In tracing the cultural interaction and changing identity
of the peoples of the Casamance, the author convincingly argues for
a dynamic approach to art and ethnic identity. Culture should be
seen not as a fixed entity but as a continuing process. This
dynamic model reflects the history of interaction between Manding
and Diola and between Muslim and non-Muslim, that has produced
hybrid masks.
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