Chazen Museum Exhibition Lecture
Mermaids and End-Time Jezebels: New Tales From Old Calabar
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Date
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Time
6-7 p.m.
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Description
Rosalind I. J. Hackett, University of Tennessee, addresses perennial concerns about wealth and sexuality in the Calabar region, exploring how old stories of spirit-human relations find new life in modern-day Nigerian Pentecostal churches. This lecture is held in conjunction with the exhibition "Mami Wata: Arts for Water Spirits in Africa and Its Diasporas." Chazen galleries open until 7 p.m.
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Cost
Free
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