West African masking traditions and diaspora masquerade carnivals : history, memory, and transnationalism /

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"A revisionist account of African masquerade carnivals in transnational context that offers readers a unique perspective on the connecting threads between African cultural trends and African American cultural artifacts"--

Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Njoku, Raphael Chijioke (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press, 2020.
Collection:Rochester studies in African history and the diaspora ; v. 88.
Sujets:
Masquerades > Africa, West.
Masquerades > West Indies.
Carnival > Africa, West.
Carnival > West Indies.
Masks, African.
African diaspora.
Mascarades > Afrique occidentale.
Mascarades > Antilles.
Carnavals > Afrique occidentale.
Carnavals > Antilles.
Masques > Afrique.
Africains > Pays étrangers.
HISTORY > Africa > General.
African diaspora
Carnival
Manners and customs
Masks, African
Masquerades
Africa, West > Social life and customs.
West Indies > Social life and customs.
Afrique occidentale > Mœurs et coutumes.
Antilles > Mœurs et coutumes.
West Africa
West Indies
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Introduction
  • On Origins of Masking: History, Memory, and Ritual Observances
  • Aspects of Society and Culture in the Biafra Hinterland
  • Bantu Migrations and Cultural Transnationalism in the Ancient Global Age, c. 2500 BCE-1400 CE
  • Bight of Biafra, Slavery, and Diasporic Africa in the Modern Global Age, 1400-1800
  • Igbo Masquerade Dances in the African Diasporas:Symbols and Meanings
  • Unmasking the Masquerade: Counterideologies and Contemporary Practices
  • Idioms of Religion, Music, Dance, and African Art Forms
  • Memory and Masquerade Narratives: The Art of Remembering.

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