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Kings for three days the play of race and gender in an Afro-Ecuadorian festival

Title
Kings for three days [electronic resource] : the play of race and gender in an Afro-Ecuadorian festival / Jean Muteba Rahier.
Author
Rahier, Jean Muteba, 1959-
Publication
Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2013]

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Description
1 online resource (xii, 197 pages) : illustrations.
Series Statement
Interpretations of culture in the new millennium
Uniform Title
Kings for three days (Online)
Alternative Title
Kings for three days (Online)
Subject
  • Black people > Ecuador > Esmeraldas (Province) > Rites and ceremonies
  • Black people > Race identity > Ecuador > Esmeraldas (Province)
  • Epiphany > Ecuador > Esmeraldas (Province)
  • Sex role > Ecuador > Esmeraldas (Province)
  • Esmeraldas (Ecuador : Province) > Race relations
  • Esmeraldas (Ecuador : Province) > Social life and customs
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-194) and index.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Contents
Setting up the stage : contextualizing the Afro-Esmeraldian festival of the kings -- The village of Santo Domingo de Onzole and the period of preparation of the festival of the kings : the centrality of sexual dichotomy and role reversal -- The festival of the kings in Santo Domingo de Onzole -- The festival of the kings in La Tola -- Race, sexuality, and gender as they relate to the festival of the kings -- Performances and contexts of the play in January 2003 -- Conclusion : from the centrality of place in Esmeraldian ethnography to theoretical and methodological considerations for the study of festivities -- Glossary of Esmeraldian Spanish terms.
ISBN
  • 9780252037511 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9780252079016 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9780252094729 (e-book) (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
2012040474
OCLC
ssj0000877086
Author
Rahier, Jean Muteba, 1959-
Title
Kings for three days [electronic resource] : the play of race and gender in an Afro-Ecuadorian festival / Jean Muteba Rahier.
Imprint
Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2013]
Series
Interpretations of culture in the new millennium
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-194) and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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Available from home with a valid library card
Available onsite at NYPL
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