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Yoruba ritual : performers, play, agency
- Title
- Yoruba ritual : performers, play, agency / Margaret Thompson Drewal.
- Author
- Drewal, Margaret Thompson.
- Publication
- Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©1992.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | DT515.45.Y67 D75 1991 | Off-site | |
| Text | Use in library | VCASS 345 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xxii, 241 p. : ill., maps; 25 cm.
- Series Statement
- African systems of thought
- Uniform Title
- African systems of thought.
- Subject
- Yoruba (African people) > Rites and ceremonies
- Yoruba (African people) > Folklore
- Rites and ceremonies > Nigeria
- Folklore > Performance > Nigeria
- Folklore > Performance
- Manners and customs
- Rites and ceremonies
- Yoruba (African people)
- Joruba (volk)
- Riten
- Yoruba (peuple d'Afrique) > Rites et cérémonies
- Yoruba (peuple d'Afrique) > Folklore
- Rites et cérémonies > Nigeria
- Nigeria > Social life and customs
- Africa > History
- Africa
- Nigeria
- Genre/Form
- Folklore.
- History.
- Note
- Accompanied by a companion video (1 videocassette (30 min.) ; 1/2 in.), VHS format.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-234) and index.
- Contents
- Theory and method in the study of ritual performance -- Yoruba play and the transformation of ritual -- The ontological journey -- New beginnings -- Establishing the self -- Ritual play about play : performing miracles in honor of the ancestors -- The collective in conflict, or, the play of personalities -- From militarism to dandyism : the shaping of performance -- Reinventing ritual : the Imewuro annual rally -- Gender play.
- ISBN
- 0253318173
- 9780253318176
- 0253206847
- 9780253206848
- LCCN
- 91008414
- OCLC
- ocm23145517
- 23145517
- SCSB-1944183
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library