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

Author/creator Fromont, Cécile
Format Electronic
Publication InfoChapel Hill : published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia, by the University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, [2014]
Descriptionxviii, 283 pages : illustrations (some color), map ; 27 cm
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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.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2014034799
ISBN9781469618715 (cloth : alk. paper)

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