A Goddess in Motion

Visual Creativity in the Cult of María Lionza
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-78533-612-6
Verlag: Berghahn Books

Buch, Englisch, Band 42, 212 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 468 g

Reihe: New Directions in Anthropology

The current practice of the cult of María Lionza is one of the most important and yet unexplored religious practices in Venezuela. Based on long-term fieldwork, this book explores the role of images and visual culture within the cult. By adopting a relational approach, A Goddess in Motion shows how the innumerable images of this goddess—represented as an Indian, white or mestizo woman—move constantly from objects to bodies, from bodies to dreams, and from the religion domain to the art world. In short, this book is a fascinating study that sheds light on the role of visual creativity in contemporary religious manifestations.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Canals, Roger

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionssoziologie und -psychologie, Spiritualität, Mystik
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Religionsethnologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Religionssoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Figures

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Chapter 1. Who is María Lionza?

Chapter 2. The cult of María Lionza

Chapter 3. The ritual image

Chapter 4. Between Art and Religion

Chapter 5. Bodies, Dreams and Apparitions

Chapter 6. A Globalized Goddess

Chapter 7. A Network of Images

Conclusions

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Canals, Roger
Roger Canals is a lecturer in the department of social anthropology at the University of Barcelona. Besides numerous articles in visual anthropology and anthropology of religion, he is the director of several international award–winning ethnographic films, including A Goddess in Motion: María Lionza in Barcelona (2016). He was awarded the Fejos Postdoctoral Fellowship by the Wenner Gren Foundation.