Masquerading politics [electronic resource] : kinship, gender, and ethnicity in a Yoruba town

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서명/저자사항	Masquerading politics [electronic resource]: kinship, gender, and ethnicity in a Yoruba town / John Thabiti Willis.
개인저자	Willis, John Thabiti, 1976- author.
발행사항	Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, 2018.
발행예정일자	1801
형태사항	1 online resource.
총서사항	African expressive cultures
기타형태 저록	Print version: Willis, John Thabiti, 1976- Masquerading politics. Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, 2018 9780253031440
ISBN	9780253031457 0253031451
서지주기	Includes bibliographical references and index.
내용주기	Introduction -- The early history of Otta and the origins of Egungun and Gelede -- "Children" and "wives" in the politics of the Oyo empire during the era of the Atlantic slave trade -- The emergence of new warriors, wards, and masquerades : the Otta kingdom during the era of imperial collapse -- "A thing to govern the town" : gendered masquerades and the politics of the chiefs and the monarchy in the rebuilding of a town, 1848-1859 -- Wives, warriors, and masks: kinship, gender, and ethnicity in Otta, 1871-1928 -- Conclusion : Egungun and Gelede at Otta today.
요약	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 structures in which masquerade was used to reveal ongoing changes in notions of gender, kinship, and ethnic identity. As Willis focuses on performers and spectators, he reveals a history of masquerade that is rich and complex. His research offers a more nuanced understanding of performance practices in Africa and their role in forging alliances, consolidating state power, incorporating immigrants, executing criminals, and projecting individual and group power on both sides of the Afro-Atlantic world.--Publisher's summary.
주제명(지명)	Otta (Nigeria) --History. Nigeria --Otta. --fast
일반주제명	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. Egúngún (Cult) Gelede (Yoruba rite) Masks, Yoruba. Masquerades. Yoruba (African people) Yoruba (African people) --Politics and government. Yoruba (African people) --Rites and ceremonies. JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / General JUVENILE NONFICTION / Social Science / Sociology
분류기호(DDC)	305.896333
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