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Ọdún : discourses, strategies, and power in the Yorùbá play of transformation

Title
Ọdún : discourses, strategies, and power in the Yorùbá play of transformation / Cristina Boscolo.
Author
Boscolo, Cristina.
Publication
Amsterdam ; New York : Rodopi, 2009.

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Description
xxx, 337 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
Series Statement
Cross cultures ; 111
Uniform Title
Cross/cultures ; 111.
Subject
  • Yoruba drama > History and criticism
  • Yoruba (African people) > Rites and ceremonies
  • Mythology, Yoruba, in literature
  • Yoruba drama
  • Drama
  • Theater
  • Yoruba
  • Nigeria > Drama > History
  • Nigeria
  • Yoruba
Genre/Form
  • Drama.
  • History.
  • Criticism, interpretation, etc.
  • Théâtre.
Note
  • Includes glossary.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [317]-337).
Language (note)
  • Text in English; some passages in Yoruban with English translations.
Contents
Acknowledgments -- Notes on orthography -- Mo bà ọdún pàdé = Encounter with ọdún -- Introduction -- Pt. I, Discourses. Bí báun kọ́ I. Yorùbá theatre : an introductory outline ; Nigerian theatre criticism : 'dominant' issues ; Critical discourses and their power -- Intermezzo. Bí báun kọ́ II. Coordinates of an interpretation -- Pt. II, Ọdún. Bí báun kọ́ III. Ọdún Edì ; Egúngún : the power of the ancestors ; Ààbọ̀ Ọ̀rọ̀ : the Yorùbá play of transformation.
ISBN
  • 9789042026803
  • 9042026804
  • 9789042026810
  • 9042026812
LCCN
2010513968
OCLC
  • ocn518039696
  • 518039696
  • SCSB-1539034
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library