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003			BD-SySUS
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008			120626s2013 pau o 00 0 eng d
020			_a9781439908181
020			_z9781439908167 (cloth : alk. paper)
040			_aMdBmJHUP _cMdBmJHUP
050	0	0	_aPL8401 _b.M27 2013
082	0	4	_a496.393111 _223
100	1		_aMartinez-Ruiz, Barbaro.
245	1	0	_aKongo graphic writing and other narratives of the sign _h[electronic resource] / _cBárbaro Martínez-Ruiz.
260			_aPhiladelphia : _bTemple University Press, _c2013. _e(Baltimore, Md. : _fProject MUSE, _g2015)
300			_a1 online resource (248 p.)
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aIntroduction -- The Atlantic passage: the spread of Kongo belief in Africa and to the Americas -- The process of meaning-making: the Kongo universe -- Kongo cosmogony: Nza Kongo -- Kongo cosmogony: Nza Cuba -- Afro-Atlantic graphic writing: bidimbu, bisinsu and firmas -- Kongo graphic writing systems: overview of character and origin -- Ancient memory: rupestrian art in Central Africa -- The almighty Dikenga -- Manual of rupestrian signs -- Writing to preserve: bidimbu and bisinsu -- Writing to remember: firmas -- Beyond the scripture - physical forms of graphic writing -- Minkisi and prendas: writing through objects -- Mambos and music: writing out loud -- Conclusion.
588			_aDescription based on print version record.
650		0	_aKongo (African people) _xReligion.
650		0	_aKongo (African people) _xHistory.
650		0	_aSymbolism in communication _zCuba.
650		0	_aSymbolism in communication _zAfrica, Central.
650		0	_aWritten communication _xSocial aspects _zCuba.
650		0	_aWritten communication _xSocial aspects _zAfrica, Central.
650		0	_aPicture-writing _zCuba.
650		0	_aPicture-writing _zAfrica, Central.
650		0	_aKongo language _xWriting.
655		7	_aElectronic books. _2local
710	2		_aProject Muse.
856	4	0	_zFull text available: _uhttps://muse.jhu.edu/books/9781439908181/
942			_2Dewey Decimal Classification _ceBooks
999			_c31979 _d31979