USING NOTIONS OF BEAUTY TO REMEMBER & BE KNOWN IN THE BIGHT OF BENIN AND ITS HINTERLAND

Authors

  • Adedoyin Teriba Universidade de Princeton/EUA

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12957/tecap.2013.10057

Keywords:

AFRO-BRAZILIAN ARCHITECTURE, BIGHT OF BENIN, XIX CENTURY, XX CENTURY.

Abstract

This article studies how the architecture of a group of Afro-Brazilian returnees to the Bight of Benin at the turn of the 20th century was an embodiment of a constellation of factors that were characteristic of their return. First was how the Afro-Brazilians’returnees re-shaped their social identities. Second was how the architecture embodied their simultaneous affiliations to different religions. Third was how their re-conceptions of beauty reinforced their new social identities and multiple religiousaffiliations.

Author Biography

Adedoyin Teriba, Universidade de Princeton/EUA

Adedoyin Teriba é doutorando de história da arquitetura na Universidade de Princeton nos Estados Unidos da América. Nascido da Nigéria, ele trabalhou como arquiteto e gerente de projeto em seu país de origem e nos Estados Unidos.

Published

2013-05-01

How to Cite

Teriba, A. (2013). USING NOTIONS OF BEAUTY TO REMEMBER & BE KNOWN IN THE BIGHT OF BENIN AND ITS HINTERLAND. Textos Escolhidos De Cultura E Arte Populares, 10(1). https://doi.org/10.12957/tecap.2013.10057

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