A Saint in the City: Sufi Arts of Urban Senegal

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Pub. Date: 2003-01-01
Publisher(s): Univ of Washington Pr
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Table of Contents

Forewordp. 9
Prefacep. 12
Acknowledgmentsp. 16
Notes to the Readerp. 18
Introduction: Aura and Icon in Contemporary Senegalp. 21
Mystical Reproductions: Photography and the Authentic Simulacrump. 43
Portraits of the Hidden Side: Sanctifying Domestic Spacep. 69
Stations in a Life: Glass Paintings as Visual Hagiographyp. 85
Apostles of Hard Work: Sheikh Ibra Fall and the Baye Fall Movementp. 109
"Walls That Speak": Public Art and Postcolonial Memoryp. 123
Mouride Women: In the Mirror of the Motherp. 151
Healing Words: Mouride Arts of Writing and Inscriptionp. 165
Contemporary Art and a "Mouride Way of Reasoning"p. 191
An Architecture of the Wordp. 213
Pilgrimage and Exile, Transcendence and Prosperityp. 231
Glossaryp. 246
Notes to the Textp. 248
References Citedp. 258
Indexp. 273
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