Masquerades in African Society Gender, Power and Identity.

Explores the dynamics of African masquerades and mask performances on the continent, linking performative expressions to societal characteristics.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Van Beek, Walter E. A.
Otros Autores: Leyten, Harrie M.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Woodbridge : Boydell & Brewer, Limited, 2023.
Colección:Western Africa series.
Temas:
Masquerades > Africa.
Mascarades > Afrique.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Table of Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • Enter the mask
  • The study of masking
  • Structure of the book
  • The Mask Crescent: Distribution of Masks and Masking in Africa
  • 1. Mask Distribution and Theory
  • Masking zones
  • Theoretical approach
  • Parameters of masking
  • Profiles of masking societies
  • The zebu exclusion
  • Methodology
  • 2. What is a Mask?
  • Explaining masks: The Magritte effect
  • A basic mask typology
  • Bush, spirits, ancestors, and other people
  • Masks and power
  • Tradition, prototype, and invention
  • Conclusion
  • 3. Masks and Masculinity: Initiation
  • Chewing the mask
  • Separation from the mother
  • Liminal revelation
  • Mask and circumcision
  • Symbols of gender: Death and food
  • Communitas and age
  • Masks and masculinities
  • Conclusion
  • 4. Secrecy and Power
  • Writing on the mask
  • Dimensions of secrecy
  • Initiation societies and the empty secret
  • The sound of secrecy
  • Ethics, society, and secrecy
  • Conclusion
  • 5. Death and its Masks
  • Singing at the mask
  • Burial and the farewells
  • Burial by masks
  • The funeral as initiation
  • The individual and society at funerals
  • Masks and the second funeral
  • Celebrating life
  • Conclusion
  • 6. Women: Pivot of the Masks
  • The first mask
  • Gender domains
  • Celebrating femininity
  • Women dancing with masks
  • The mask of the woman is her body
  • Conclusion
  • 7. Masks and Politics
  • Masks for father
  • Masks and the history of the patriline
  • Feasting the sultan
  • The mask as king
  • Initiation, masks, and regicide
  • Masquerades and modern politics
  • Conclusion: The Akan Gap
  • 8. Masks and the Order of Things
  • Masks in the field
  • Masks and the adjudication of law
  • The discourse on witchcraft
  • Masks versus 'witches'
  • 'Uncovering witchcraft': A mask performance abroad
  • 'War masks'
  • Conclusion
  • 9. Masks and Modernity
  • Playful sharks in the Delta
  • Theatre at Cross River
  • The king of masks, the elephant of masks
  • Masks for new audiences
  • Masks as icons of ethnic identity
  • Heritage, icon, and commodity
  • Conclusion
  • 10. Memories of Power, Power of Memories
  • Arrest that mask!
  • Satire, the weapon of the weak
  • Masquerades and the slaving state
  • From Africa to the African diaspora
  • Conclusion
  • 11. Conclusion
  • The cultural niche for masquerades
  • A future for masks?
  • Bibliography
  • Sources for Ethnographic Cases
  • Picture Credits
  • Index

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