The art of conversion : Christian visual culture in the Kingdom of Kongo / Cécile Fromont.

Author/creator Fromont, Cécile author.
Format Book
PublicationChapel Hill : Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia, by the University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, 2014.
Descriptionpages cm
Subjects

Contents Sangamentos : performing the advent of Kongo Christianity -- Under the sign of the cross in the Kingdom of Kongo : religious conversion and visual correlation -- The fabric of power, wealth, and devotion : clothing and regalia of the Christian Kongo -- Negotiating time and space : architecture, rituals, and power in the Christian Kongo -- From Catholic kingdom to the heart of darkness : the fate of Kongo Christianity in the nineteenth century.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2014034799
ISBN9781469618715 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN1469618710 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9781469618722 (ebook)
ISBN1469618729 (ebook)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks BR1470 .K66 F76 2014 ✔ Available Place Hold