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Kongo machinery :Graphic writing and other narratives of the sign (Angola, Congo, Cuba)

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Kongo machinery :
Reminder of title:	Graphic writing and other narratives of the sign (Angola, Congo, Cuba)
Author:	Martinez Ruiz, Felix Barbaro.
Description:	331 p.
Notes:	Director: Robert Farris Thompson.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 65-03, Section: A, page: 0734.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International65-03A.
Subject:	Art History.
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3125253
ISBN:	0496725432

Kongo machinery :Graphic writing and other narratives of the sign (Angola, Congo, Cuba)
Martinez Ruiz, Felix Barbaro.

Kongo machinery :Graphic writing and other narratives of the sign (Angola, Congo, Cuba) [electronic resource] - 331 p.

Director: Robert Farris Thompson.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Yale University, 2004.

This dissertation addresses multiple modes of visual expression used among the Bakongo people in central Africa and their descendents in Cuba and argues that together these constitute identifiable graphic writing systems. The author demonstrates that two dimensional drawings and written symbols (Bidimbu and Bisinsu in central Africa, Firmas in Cuba), three dimensional religious objects (Minkisi and Prendas), oral traditions such as Mambu or Mambo, and body language including gesture and pose, are combined in a structured and consistent manner to form these systems. This dissertation further argues that traceable continuity exists between contemporary graphic writing systems used in central Africa and in Cuba, and between these systems and ancient rupestrian art found in Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In examining the systematic use of graphic expression, the dissertation explores in detail the cosmology, cosmogony, and moral philosophy that have informed the use and meaning of graphic writing among the Bakongo over time. Finally, it studies the powerful and central role that graphic communication has played in transmitting values and beliefs from generation to generation, thus preserving cultural, social, and spiritual identity throughout periods of extreme disruption.

ISBN: 0496725432Subjects--Topical Terms:

212490
Art History.

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