Arts of Being Yoruba

Divination, Allegory, Tragedy, Proverb, Panegyric

Inbunden, Engelska, 2017

Av Adélékè Adéèkó, Adeleke Adeeko

1 149 kr

Beställningsvara. Skickas inom 10-15 vardagar

Fri frakt för medlemmar vid köp för minst 249 kr.

Finns i fler format (1)

Häftad

439 kr

Skickas inom 10-15 vardagar

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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2017-07-17
Mått152 x 229 x 17 mm
Vikt481 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieIndiana University Press (IPS)
Antal sidor226
FörlagIndiana University Press
ISBN9780253026231

Tillhör följande kategorier

Introduction1. "Writing" and "Reference" in Ifaì Divination Chants2. Culture, Meaning, Proverbs 3. Reading, Writing, and Epistemic Instability in Faìguìnwa's Novels4. Sex, Gender, and Plot in FaìguìnwaÌ's Adventures5. Lost in Translation: IÌsòoÌòlaì's Eòfuìnsòetaìn AniìwuìraÌ and YoruÌbaì Woman-Being6. From Orality to Visuality: Photography and the Panegyric in Contemporary YoruÌbaì CultureConclusion: Book Launching as Cultural AffirmationsBibliographyIndex

Arts of Being Yoruba is timely and strategic. It is a commendable output, which makes pronouncements that further rekindles hope and sustained interest in African cultural studies generally.(African Studies Quarterly) In uniting various themes and topics, the book creates a tool and methodology to rethink interdisciplinarity, multidisciplinarity, hybridity, and modernity. Recommended.(Choice) Arts of Being Yorùbá is a needed contribution to Yorùbá studies and a welcome rejoinder to a more culturally essentialist understanding of what it means to be – or not be – Yorùbá.(Journal of Modern African Studies) This book will remain an unparalleled prestigious excavation of the very best in Yorùbá artistic, literary, cultural, and philosophical studies for many years to come. It belongs in every Yorùbá household as well as in the archives of Yorùbá social and cultural history.(Research in African Literature)