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Book SynopsisAn ethnography and investigation into performance art in Benin City, Nigeria.
Trade ReviewThis seminal book on the urban shrines of Benin City, Nigeria, is a densely composed work of anthropology. Gore adds an important study of Benin shrine arts to the corpus of available research. -- Christian Lund Africa Gore's book is important for its detailed study of numerous contemporary shrines, ohens and artists, as well as its historiography of the field of Benin studies. -- Courtnay Micots Journal of African History This seminal book on the urban shrines of Benin City, Nigeria, is a densely composed work of anthropology. Gore adds an important study of Benin shrine arts to the corpus of available research. Gore's book is important for its detailed study of numerous contemporary shrines, ohens and artists, as well as its historiography of the field of Benin studies.
Table of ContentsIntroduction; 1 History, Art History and the Edo Kingdom; 2 Shrines and Deities; 3 Priests and Shrines; 4 The Life Histories of Some Ohens; 5 Artists and Artworlds; 6 Songs for the Gods; 7 The Parrot's Tale; 8 Art History and Artefact.
