Bird Dance Near Saturday City - Sidi Ballo and the Art of West African Masquerade

Informationen zum Autor Patrick McNaughton is Chancellor's Professor of African Art at Indiana University, Bloomington. He is author of Mande Blacksmiths (IUP, 1988). Klappentext This exuberant and captivating book will influence views of society, culture, art, history, and their makers in West Africa for years to come. Zusammenfassung In 1978, Patrick McNaughton witnessed a bird dance masquerade in the small town of Dogoduman. He was so affected by this performance that its artistic power has never left him. Here, he considers the components of the performance, its pace, the performers, and what it means for understandings of Bamana and West African aesthetics and culture. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents Acknowledgments Introduction: An Explosion of Art at Dogoduman Part 1. The Bird Dance at Dogoduman 1. The Performance 2. How to View a Bird Dance Part 2. Sidi Ballo and the Disposition of Individuals 3. Sidi Ballo at Dogoduman 4. A Closer Look at Sidi Ballo 5. Individuals Intertwined Part 3. From Dogoduman to an Aesthetic of Affect 6. Sidi Ballo's Aesthetic Milieu 7. Form Reconsidered in Mande Light 8. A Mande Aesthetic Profile 9. An Aesthetic of Affect Part 4. Making Meaning with a Bird 10. Expanding the Beholder's Share 11. An Atmosphere for Sidi Ballo's Bird Dance Conclusion: Bird Masquerading Is Alive and Well Notes Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: Patrick McNaughton, Patrick R. McNaughton, McNaughton Patrick
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.08.2008
• EAN: 9780253219848
• ISBN: 978-0-253-21984-8
• No. of pages: 328
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 25 mm
• Series: African Expressive Cultures; African Expressive Cultures; Indiana University Press (IPS)
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology