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Religion as Art
Steven . Ed(S): Loza
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Description for Religion as Art
Paperback. Explores how the iconic aspects of religion transcend mere symbolism. This book presents a collection of essays that examine the arts and their relationship to religious belief in such cultural areas of the world: the Mexican mestizo belief in the Virgen de Guadalupe, and the West African Yoruba religion's base in a divination system of orishas. Editor(s): Loza, Steven. Num Pages: 424 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; HR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
Steven Loza explores how the iconic aspects of religion transcend mere symbolism with a collection of essays that examine the arts and their relationship to religious belief in three cultural areas of the world: the Mexican mestizo belief in the Virgen de Guadalupe, the West African Yoruba religion's base in a divination system of orishas, and the Sufi sect of Islam's musical/textual practices of devotional ecstasy to God. The essays included here were originally presented at the 2004 international conference 'Towards a Theory for Religion as Art: Guadalupe, Orishas, and Sufi', organized by the Arts of the Americas Institute at ... Read more
Steven Loza explores how the iconic aspects of religion transcend mere symbolism with a collection of essays that examine the arts and their relationship to religious belief in three cultural areas of the world: the Mexican mestizo belief in the Virgen de Guadalupe, the West African Yoruba religion's base in a divination system of orishas, and the Sufi sect of Islam's musical/textual practices of devotional ecstasy to God. The essays included here were originally presented at the 2004 international conference 'Towards a Theory for Religion as Art: Guadalupe, Orishas, and Sufi', organized by the Arts of the Americas Institute at ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of New Mexico Press United States
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
Number of Pages
424
Place of Publication
Albuquerque, NM, United States
ISBN
9780826345707
SKU
V9780826345707
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About Steven . Ed(S): Loza
Steven Loza is professor of ethnomusicology at UCLA, adjunct professor in the department of music, University of New Mexico, and the former director of the Arts of the Americas Institute, UNM. His publications include Barrio Rhythm: Mexican American Music in Los Angeles and Tito Puente and the Making of Latin Music.
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