Vigilant things : on thieves, Yoruba anti-aesthetics, and the strange fates of ordinary objects in Nigeria /

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"Throughout southwestern Nigeria, Yoruba men and women create objects called ààlé to protect their properties from the ravages of thieves. Ààlé are objects of such unassuming appearance that a non-Yoruba viewer might not register their important presence in the Yoruba visual landscape. Da...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Doris, David Todd
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Seattle : University of Washington Press, c2011.
Subjects:
Yoruba (African people) > Material culture.
Art, Yoruba.
Philosophy, Yoruba.
Yoruba (African people) > Communication.
Yoruba (African people) > Social life and customs.
Yoruba (Peuple d'Afrique) > Culture matérielle.
Art yoruba.
Philosophie yoruba.
Yoruba (Peuple d'Afrique) > Communication.
Yoruba (Peuple d'Afrique) > Mœurs et coutumes.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Black Studies (Global)
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > African American Studies.
ART > African.
Art, Yoruba
Philosophy, Yoruba
Yoruba (African people) > Social life and customs
Magie
Kunstethnologie
Alltag
Sachkultur
Yoruba
Nigeria
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