Images, simbols and representations uQuiandas, Quitutas, Mermaids local imaginaries, regional identities and alterities.

Authors

  • Virgílio Coelho Universidade Agostinho Neto

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2448-1750.revmae.1998.109540

Keywords:

Urban culture (Angola) -Kianda (a nature genie) - Religious imaginary of the kimbondos (Angola).

Abstract

Through the urban universe of Luanda (Angola) and the images used by the publicity and marketing, the author envisages to critically analyse the representations which diverse segments of the society make of the local imaginary and of a magic - religious simbol known as kianda.

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Author Biography

  • Virgílio Coelho, Universidade Agostinho Neto
    Professor da Universidade Agostinho Neto, Angola.

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Published

1998-12-02

Issue

No. 8 (1998)

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Articles

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Copyright (c) 1998 Virgílio Coelho

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How to Cite

COELHO, Virgílio. Images, simbols and representations uQuiandas, Quitutas, Mermaids local imaginaries, regional identities and alterities. Revista do Museu de Arqueologia e Etnologia, São Paulo, Brasil, n. 8, p. 179–214, 1998. DOI: 10.11606/issn.2448-1750.revmae.1998.109540. Disponível em: https://www.journals.usp.br/revmae/article/view/109540.. Acesso em: 19 may. 2024.