ASHÉ: Ritual Poetics in African Diasporic Expressivity' is a collection of interdisciplinary essays contributed by international scholars and practitioners.
Having distinguished themselves across such disciplines as Anthropology, Art, Music, Literature, Dance, Philosophy, Religion, and Theology and conjoined to construct a defining approach to the study of Aesthetics throughout the African Diaspora with the Humanities at the core, this collection of essays will break new ground in the study of Black Aesthetics.
This book will be of great interest to scholars, practitioners, and students interested in tracing African heritage identities throughout the African Diaspora through close examination of a variety of discourses directly connected to expressive elements of cultural production and religious rituals.
EDITORIAL NOTES
Paul Carter Harrison
INTRODUCTION
Theophus "Thee" Smith...THE GLOBALIZATION OF AFRICANA AESTHETICS
PART I: ASHE' CONCEPTUAL FRAME
FRONTSIEPIECE: Wangechi Mutu, Riding Death in my Sleep
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1. Pellom McDaniels....LIKE ECHOS ACROSS THE CONTINUUM: WANGECHI MUTUS
NEW HORIZONS IN AFRO-COSMOLOGY
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2. Clyde TaylorSALT PEANUTS: SOUND AND SENSE IN AFRICAN/AMERCAN
ORAL/MUSICAL CREATIVY
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3. Rowland Abiodun.........ASHE': THE EMPOWERED WORD MUST COME TO PASS
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4. Maria E. Hamilton Abegunde...SEEING AS A RITUAL FOR A GOOD DEATH: THE
SPIRITUAL CONSTRUCTION OF ALAIN GOMIS FILM, TEY
PART II: ASHE' CULTURAL FRAME
FRONTSIEPIECE: Eric Waters, Medicine Man
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5. Michael D. Harris...........ERIC WATERS: CAPTURING THE CULTURE IN
PHOTOS
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6. Michael McMillan...............DUB IN THE FRONT ROOM: MIGRANT
AESTHETICS OF
THE SACRED AND SECULAR
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7. Oliver Lee Jackson......SENSIBILITY AND THE AFRICAN CONTINUUM
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8. Marta Moreno Vega..........I WILL NOT BE ERASED
PART III: ASHE' AND ARTS DISCIPLINES
FRONTIESPIECE: Oliver Lee Jackson, UNTITLED (5.21.95)
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9. Paul Carter Harrison.....AESTHETICS OF BEAUTY: IN AN AFRICANA MODE
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10. Michael D. Harris..........UNDONE: BOTTLES, TREES, CHARMS, & FLASHING
SPIRITS
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11. Gregory Tate...........BEBOP, HIP HOP AND CONDUCTIVITY
GLOSSARY
Arturo Lindsay........ASHE AT THE CROSSROADS: Aesthetic Criteria, Glossary of
Terms, and Bibliography
BIOGRAPHIES
Paul Carter Harrison is an award-winning playwright, director, and theatre theorist who has had a long artistic association with the Negro Ensemble Company.
Pellom McDaniels III was the curator of African American collections in the Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library at Emory University, USA.
Michael D. Harris is an arts scholar and artist who has exhibited nationally and internationally, is represented in public and private collections including those of David Driskell, Hampton University Museum, Howard University, The Paul Jones Collection at the University of Delaware and the University of Alabama, The Philadelphia Museum of Art, and many others.
