Eshu Divine Trickster (23 results)

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HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

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HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

1st edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new. Physical description; 309 pages: chiefly color illustrations; 30 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references. Summary; The worship of the orisha (god) Eshu continues to this day across the Black Atlantic in Brazil and the Caribbean, and statues of him can also be found in towns and cities across the Americas. In Brazil, Eshu is a national icon: every carnival begins with an offering to him; shrines, sculptures and gifts can be found in many places including public parks, museums, on seashores, in the middle of supermarkets and at crossroads. On the other side of the southern Atlantic Ocean, Eshu has evolved in different ways; a Yoruba god has been refashioned in the pantheon of Haitian Vodou and in the Lucumi/Santeria traditions of Cuba. This is the first book to combine studies of Eshu, past and present, with a large number of vibrant and captivating illustrations of the spirit in his different guises. Subjects; Esu (Legendary character). Esu (Afro-Caribbean deity). Tricksters - Nigeria. Sculpture, Yoruba - Nigeria - Catalogs. Yoruba (African people) - Nigeria - Religion. Mythology, Yoruba - Nigeria. Art, Yoruba - Nigeria - Influence. Devotional objects - Brazil. Esu (Afro-Caribbean deity) - Cult - Pictorial works. Sculpture; Religious subjects depicted in art; Social & cultural anthropology. AFRICA. ART / African. RELIGION / Ethnic & Tribal. 1.8 Kg.

Clothbound Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. NO FINER COPY EXISTS. // NEW BOOK and DJ, both MINT/ PRISTINE and protected with new Mylar sleeve (removable). // Full Title: Eshu: The Divine Trickster. // Gray Clothbound Hardcover, 309 pages and elegantly illustrated throughout in color and black-and-white. // This is a very ELEGANT OFFERING, and your Library yearns to have it.,

Hardcover. Condition: Used: Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Item is in like new condition with minor shelf wear. Might have a remainder mark or slight wear from sitting on the shelf.

30.0 x 25.5cms, 312pp ,colour illusts, fine hardback & dustwrapper This book shows how the worship of the Yoruba god (or Orisha) Eshu migrated across the Atlantic. It shows how othyer religions have interpreted Eshu, a trickster and messenger to the other gods and how Eshu worship still influences Brazil's Carnivale festivities, Cuba's Lucumi/Santeria traditions & Haiti's Voodoo pantheon.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Bound in perfect black cloth with bright gilt titles to front board and spine, this dated 2013 hardcover first edition is VG in VG jacket (unclipped). 309pp. Praise Chance for the Divine Orisha, Introduction, The Trickster Tale, Brazil's Possesive Issue, Moving West (Haiti and Cuba), Brief Notes, plus numerous full page colour plates, list of private collectors and museums.

1st edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new. Physical description; 309 pages: chiefly color illustrations; 30 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references. Summary; The worship of the orisha (god) Eshu continues to this day across the Black Atlantic in Brazil and the Caribbean, and statues of him can also be found in towns and cities across the Americas. In Brazil, Eshu is a national icon: every carnival begins with an offering to him; shrines, sculptures and gifts can be found in many places including public parks, museums, on seashores, in the middle of supermarkets and at crossroads. On the other side of the southern Atlantic Ocean, Eshu has evolved in different ways; a Yoruba god has been refashioned in the pantheon of Haitian Vodou and in the Lucumi/Santeria traditions of Cuba. This is the first book to combine studies of Eshu, past and present, with a large number of vibrant and captivating illustrations of the spirit in his different guises. Subjects; Esu (Legendary character). Esu (Afro-Caribbean deity). Tricksters - Nigeria. Sculpture, Yoruba - Nigeria - Catalogs. Yoruba (African people) - Nigeria - Religion. Mythology, Yoruba - Nigeria. Art, Yoruba - Nigeria - Influence. Devotional objects - Brazil. Esu (Afro-Caribbean deity) - Cult - Pictorial works. Sculpture; Religious subjects depicted in art; Social & cultural anthropology. AFRICA. ART / African. RELIGION / Ethnic & Tribal. 1.8 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 368 pages. 11.80x10.10x1.30 inches. In Stock.

Hardback. Condition: New. Language: English. Brand new Book. The worship of the orisha (god) Eshu continues to this day across the Black Atlantic in Brazil and the Caribbean, and statues of him can also be found in towns and cities across the Americas. In Brazil, Eshu is a national icon: every carnival begins with an offering to him; shrines, sculptures and gifts can be found in many places including public parks, museums, on seashores, in the middle of supermarkets and at crossroads. On the other side of the southern Atlantic Ocean, Eshu has evolved in different ways; a Yoruba god has been refashioned in the pantheon of Haitian Vodou and in the Lucumi/Santeria traditions of Cuba. This is the first book to combine studies of Eshu, past and present, with a large number of vibrant and captivating illustrations of the spirit in his different guises.

Hardcover. Condition: New.

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309 pp.; c.250 colour plates, text illus., biblio. Woodbridge, 2013. Cloth. KEYWORDS: 006 Africa: West.

Size: 295 mm x 250 mm. Pages: 312. Illustrations: 260 colour, 10 b/w. Hardback. New. ISBN 9781851497355. The worship of the orisha (god) Eshu continues to this day across the Black Atlantic in Brazil and the Caribbean, and statues of him can also be found in towns and cities across the Americas. In Brazil, Eshu is a national icon: every carnival begins with an offering to him; shrines, sculptures and gifts can be found in many places including public parks, museums, on seashores, in the middle of supermarkets and at crossroads. On the other side of the southern Atlantic Ocean, Eshu has evolved in different ways; a Yoruba god has been refashioned in the pantheon of Haitian Vodou and in the Lucumi/Santeria traditions of Cuba. This is the first book to combine studies of Eshu, past and present, with a large number of vibrant and captivating illustrations of the spirit in his different guises. George Chemeche is an Israeli/American artist who has lived in New York City since 1971. In 2003 he published his book, Ibejis: The Cult of Yoruba Twins, which coincided with the show Doubly Blessed that he curated in The Museum of African Art in New York. His second book, The Horse Rider In African Art, ISBN: 9781851496341 was published in 2011. He gives lectures about the art and cult of the Ibeji twin figures in museums and colleges.Donald Cosentino (ph.D.) has done extensive fieldwork in Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Haiti, Cuba and Los Angeles. He is the author of Defiant Maids and Stubborn Farmers: Tradition and Invention in Mende Story Performance and Vodou Things: The Art of Pierrot Barra and Marie Cassais. As a Guggenheim Fellow (2006), Cosentino completed fieldwork for Chasing the Dead an ethnographic novel on Afro-Angeleno Spiritism.Vagner Goncalves da Silva is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil. He has written and edited various books and articles, including Metropolitan Orixas (1995); Candomble and Umbanda Ways of Brazilian Devotion (2005, 2nd edn) and The Anthropologist and his Magic: Fieldwork and Ethnographic Text in the Anthropology of Afro-Brazilian Religions (2000), Afro-Brazilian Memories (Three volumes) and Religious Intolerance (2005). He was a member of the committee for the foundation of the Afro-Brasil Museum (Sao Paulo). 0 g.

HARD BOUND. Condition: New.