ASHÉ

<p>‘ASHÉ: Ritual Poetics in African Diasporic Expressivity' is a collection of interdisciplinary essays contributed by international scholars and practitioners. </p> <p>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. </p> <p>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.</p> <p>EDITORIAL NOTES </p><p>Paul Carter Harrison</p><p>INTRODUCTION </p><p>Theophus "Thee" Smith...THE GLOBALIZATION OF AFRICANA AESTHETICS</p><p> PART I: ASHE' CONCEPTUAL FRAME </p><p>FRONTSIEPIECE: Wangechi Mutu, <i>Riding Death in my Sleep</i></p><p>Ch 1. Pellom McDaniels....LIKE ECHOS ACROSS THE CONTINUUM: WANGECHI MUTU’S </p><p> NEW HORIZONS IN AFRO-COSMOLOGY </p><p>Ch 2. Clyde Taylor…SALT PEANUTS: SOUND AND SENSE IN AFRICAN/AMERCAN ORAL/MUSICAL CREATIVY</p><p>Ch 3. Rowland Abiodun.........ASHE': THE EMPOWERED WORD MUST COME TO PASS</p><p>Ch 4. Maria E. Hamilton Abegunde...SEEING AS A RITUAL FOR A GOOD DEATH: THE SPIRITUAL CONSTRUCTION OF ALAIN GOMIS’ FILM, <b><i>TEY </i></b> </p><p>PART II: ASHE' CULTURAL FRAME</p><p>FRONTSIEPIECE: Eric Waters, <i>Medicine Man</i></p><p>Ch 5. Michael D. Harris...........ERIC WATERS: CAPTURING THE CULTURE IN PHOTOS</p><p>Ch 6. Michael McMillan...............DUB IN THE FRONT ROOM: MIGRANT AESTHETICS OF </p><p> THE SACRED AND SECULAR</p><p>Ch 7. Oliver Lee Jackson......SENSIBILITY AND THE AFRICAN CONTINUUM</p><p>Ch 8. Marta Moreno Vega..........I WILL NOT BE ERASED</p><p>PART III: ASHE' AND ARTS DISCIPLINES</p><p> FRONTIESPIECE: Oliver Lee Jackson, <i>UNTITLED (5.21.95)</i></p><p>Ch 9. Paul Carter Harrison.....AESTHETICS OF BEAUTY: IN AN AFRICANA MODE</p><p>Ch 10. Michael D. Harris..........UNDONE: BOTTLES, TREES, CHARMS, & FLASHING SPIRITS</p><p>Ch 11. Gregory Tate...........BEBOP, HIP HOP AND CONDUCTIVITY</p><p>GLOSSARY</p><p>Arturo Lindsay........ASHE AT THE CROSSROADS: Aesthetic Criteria, Glossary of Terms, and Bibliography</p><p>BIOGRAPHIES</p>