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City of 201 gods : ilé-ifè in time, space, and the imagination /
In a study that challenges familiar Western modes of thought, Jacob K. Olupona focuses on one of the most important religious centers in Africa and in the world: the Yoruba city of ilé-ifè in southwest Nigeria. The spread of Yoruba traditions in the African diaspora has come to define the cultural...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
2011.
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| Colección: | ACLS Humanities E-Book.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Introduction; PART I; ilé-ifè) in Time and Space; 2. The Imagined Sacred City: ilé-ifè) in the History of Exploration and Discovery; 3. The Sacred Cosmos and ilé-ifè) Religion: Divination, Kingship, and Social Identity; PART II; 4. Myth and Ritual of Sacred Kingship: The O) ©đ) ©đ) Festival of Òg©ðn; 5. Ìt© p©Ł: Identity, Ritual, and Power in the Festival of O) © t©Łl©Ł and yem©ø©đ; 6. If©Ł: Divination Rituals and the New Yam Festival; 7. The Goddess Mo) ©·mi in the Festival of Ed©Ơ: Gender, Sacrifice, and the Expulsion of Evil; 8. Od©£duw©, the God-King.
- PART III9. The Changing Face of the City: Royal Narratives and Contested Space in the Palace; 10. Conclusion: Ancient Òr©Ơs) ̀ and New Evangelicals Vie for the City of 201 Gods; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y.