Art Effects: Image, Agency, and Ritual in Amazonia

by Carlos Fausto

Book Overview

In Art Effects Carlos Fausto explores the interplay between Indigenous material culture and ontology in ritual contexts, interpreting the agency of artifacts and Indigenous presences and addressing major themes in anthropological theory and art history to study ritual images in the widest sense. Fausto delves into analyses of the body, aerophones, ritual masks, and anthropomorphic effigies while making a broad comparison between Native visual...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1496238745
• ISBN13: 9781496238740
• Release Date: June 2024
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 424 Pages
• Weight: 1.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"