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Masquerading politics : kinship, gender, and ethnicity in a Yoruba town /
In West Africa, especially among Yoruba people, masquerades have the power to kill enemies, appoint kings, and grant fertility. John Thabiti Willis takes a close look at masquerade traditions in the Yoruba town of Otta, exploring transformations in performers, performances, and the institutional str...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Bloomington, Indiana :
Indiana University Press,
[2018]
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| Colección: | African expressive cultures.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction
- The early history of Otta and the origins of Egungun and Gelede
- "Children" and "wives" in the politics of the Oyo empire during the era of the Atlantic slave trade
- The emergence of new warriors, wards, and masquerades : the Otta kingdom during the era of imperial collapse
- "A thing to govern the town" : gendered masquerades and the politics of the chiefs and the monarchy in the rebuilding of a town, 1848-1859
- Wives, warriors, and masks: kinship, gender, and ethnicity in Otta, 1871-1928
- Conclusion : Egungun and Gelede at Otta today.