Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xxv, 200 pages)
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illustrations
ISBN:
9780253026231
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0253026237
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9780253026729
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0253026725
Series Statement:
African expressive cultures
Content:
There is a culturally significant way of being Yorùbá that is expressed through dress, greetings, and celebrations--no matter where in the world they take place. Adélékè Adék documents Yorùbá patterns of behavior and articulates a philosophy of how to be Yorùbá in this innovative study. As he focuses on historical writings, Ifá divination practices, the use of proverbs in contemporary speech, photography, gendered ideas of dressing well, and the formalities of ceremony and speech at celebratory occasions, Adéékó contends that being Yorùbá is indeed an art and Yorùbá-ness is a dynamic phenomenon that responds to cultural shifts as Yorùbá people inhabit an increasingly globalized world
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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"Writing" and "reference" in Ifá divination chants -- Culture, meaning, proverbs (for Oyekan Owomoyela, in memoriam) -- Reading, writing, and epistemic instability in Fágúnwà's adventures -- Sex, gender, and plot in Fágúnwà's adventures -- Akínwùmí Ìsòlá's Efúnsetán Aníwúrà and Yorùbá woman-being -- Photography and the panegyric in contemporary Yorùbá culture.
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Adéè̳kó̳, Adéléke Arts of being Yorùbá Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2017 ISBN 9780253026491
Language:
English
