Arts of being Yorùbá : divination, allegory, tragedy, proverb, panegyric /

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...

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主要作者: Adéè̳kó̳, Adéléke (Author)
格式: Licensed eBooks
語言:英语
出版: Bloomington, IN : Indiana University Press [2017]
叢編:African expressive cultures.
在線閱讀:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt20060q5
書本目錄:
  • "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.