West African Masking Traditions and Diaspora Masquerade Carnivals : History, Memory, and Transnationalism / / Raphael Chijioke Njoku
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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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| Pubblicazione: | Boydell & Brewer, 2020 |
| Rochester, NY : , : University of Rochester Press, , 2020 | |
| ©2020 | |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource |
| Disciplina: | 394.26966 |
| Soggetto topico: | African diaspora |
| Masks, African | |
| Carnival - West Indies | |
| Carnival - Africa, West | |
| Masquerades - West Indies | |
| Masquerades - Africa, West | |
| Soggetto geografico: | West Indies Social life and customs |
| Africa, West Social life and customs | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Soggetto non controllato: | West Africa |
| traditions | |
| Diaspora | |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | "A revisionist account of African masquerade carnivals in transnational context that offers readers a unique perspective on the connecting threads between African cultural trends and African American cultural artifacts"-- |
| Titolo autorizzato: | West African Masking Traditions and Diaspora Masquerade Carnivals |
| ISBN: | 1-78744-720-0 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 996582051003316 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. di Salerno |
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Serie:
Rochester studies in African history and the diaspora ; ; v. 88. . 10925228