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Autore |
Njoku Raphael Chijioke |
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Titolo |
West African Masking Traditions and Diaspora Masquerade Carnivals : History, Memory, and Transnationalism / / Raphael Chijioke Njoku |
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Boydell & Brewer, 2020 |
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Rochester, NY : , : University of Rochester Press, , 2020 |
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©2020 |
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[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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Collana |
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Rochester studies in African history and the diaspora, , 1092-5228 ; ; 88 |
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Soggetti |
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African diaspora |
Masks, African |
Carnival - West Indies |
Carnival - Africa, West |
Masquerades - West Indies |
Masquerades - Africa, West |
Electronic books. |
West Indies Social life and customs |
Africa, West Social life and customs |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction -- On Origins of Masking: History, Memory, and Ritual Observances -- Aspects of Society and Culture in the Biafra Hinterland -- Bantu Migrations and Cultural Transnationalism in the Ancient Global Age, c. 2500 BCE-1400 CE -- Bight of Biafra, Slavery, and Diasporic Africa in the Modern Global Age, 1400-1800 -- Igbo Masquerade Dances in the African Diasporas:Symbols and Meanings -- Unmasking the Masquerade: Counterideologies and Contemporary Practices -- Idioms of Religion, Music, Dance, and African Art Forms -- Memory and Masquerade Narratives: The Art of Remembering. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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"A revisionist account of African masquerade carnivals in transnational context that offers readers a unique perspective on the connecting |
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threads between African cultural trends and African American cultural artifacts"-- |
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