Masquerading politics : kinship, gender, and ethnicity in a Yoruba town /

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In West Africa, especially among Yoruba people, masquerades have the power to kill enemies, appoint kings, and grant fertility. John Thabiti Willis takes a close look at masquerade traditions in the Yoruba town of Otta, exploring transformations in performers, performances, and the institutional str...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Willis, John Thabiti, 1976- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2018]
Colección:African expressive cultures.
Temas:
Yoruba (African people) > Rites and ceremonies.
Yoruba (African people) > Nigeria > Otta > History.
Yoruba (African people) > Politics and government.
Masks, Yoruba > Nigeria > Otta > History.
Masquerades > Nigeria > Otta > History.
Egúngún (Cult) > Nigeria > Otta.
Gelede (Yoruba rite) > Nigeria > Otta.
Yoruba (Peuple d'Afrique) > Rites et cérémonies.
JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / General.
JUVENILE NONFICTION / Social Science / Sociology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural
Egúngún (Cult)
Gelede (Yoruba rite)
Masks, Yoruba
Masquerades
Yoruba (African people)
Yoruba (African people) > Politics and government
Yoruba (African people) > Rites and ceremonies
Otta (Nigeria) > History.
Nigeria > Otta
History
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