Dungamanzi = Stirring waters : Tsonga and Shangaan art from southern Africa / edited by Nessa Leibhammer

Additional Titles:: Stirring waters
Published:: Johannesburg, South Africa : Wits University Press : Johannesburg Art Gallery, 2007.
Physical Description:: x, 227 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 28 cm
Additional Creators:: Leibhammer, Nessa and Johannesburg Art Gallery

Availability

Finding items...

Contents:

Section 1. Histories. Tsonga and Shangaan : the making and moulding of identities / Nessa Leibhammer ; My story / Billy Makhubele ; Transforming fate into destiny / Natalie Knight -- Section 2. Beadwork. Breaking symmetries : aesthetics and bodies in Tsonga-Shangaan beadwork / Anitra Nettleton ; Toy or treasure? exploring n'wana, the Tsonga "doll" / Jean-Marie Dederen -- Section 3. Woodcarving. In search of a Tsonga style : figurative and abstract woodcarving / Anitra Nettleton ; What's in a name : Jackson Hlungwani and the politics of language / Khwezi Gule ; Shangaan : in search of a genealogy / Karen Nel -- Section 4. Traditional healers. Part 1 : Tsonga divination in the South African Lowveld / Enos Sikhauli and Isak Niehaus ; Part 2 : divination objects from the South African Lowveld / Enos Sikhauli, Isak Niehaus and Billy Makhubele ; Part 1 : traditional healers in a contemporary world / Natalie Knight ; Part 2 : interviews with traditional healers / Billy Makhubele and Natalie Knight.

Subject(s):

ISBN:

9781868144495 (pbk.)
1868144496 (pbk.)

Note:

Catalog of an exhibition held at the Johannesburg Art Gallery.

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [209]-215).

View MARC record | catkey: 4805961