Masquerade and money in urban Nigeria : the case of Calabar /

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"Driving into urban Calabar, one is struck by two imposing, monumental rectangular columns, operating not unlike ancient triumphal arches, framing the entrance into Nigeria's capital city of the Cross River State. Relief carvings of Calabar's renowned masking characters adorn the monu...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Fenton, Jordan (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press, 2022.
Colección:Rochester studies in African history and the diaspora.
Temas:
Masquerades > Nigeria > Calabar.
Masquerades > Economic aspects > Nigeria > Calabar.
Performing arts > Social aspects > Nigeria > Calabar.
Mascarades > Nigeria > Calabar.
Mascarades > Aspect économique > Nigeria > Calabar.
Arts du spectacle > Aspect social > Nigeria > Calabar.
HISTORY > Africa > West.
Masquerades.
Performing arts > Social aspects.
Nigeria > Calabar.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction, Masquerade as an Artistic Pulse of the City
  • "Face No Fear Face:" Unmasking Youths
  • "If they Burn it Down, We will Build it Even Larger:" Confrontations of Space
  • "People Hear at Night:" Sounds and Secrecy of Nocturnal Performance
  • "Idagha Chieftaincy was Nothing like what it is today:" The Spectacle of Public Performance
  • "We Call it Change:" An Artistic Profile of Artist Ekpenyong Bassey Nsa
  • "Look at it, Touch it, Smell it-this is Nnabo:" Trajectories and Transformations of "Warrior" Societies
  • "For this Small Money, I No Go Enter Competition:" Masquerade Competition on a Global Stage
  • "I know Myself:" Masquerade as an Artistic Transformation
  • Coda: "I Think About my Kids and Feeding Them."

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