The Gẹ̀lẹ̀dé spectacle : art, gender, and social harmony in an African culture / Babatunde Lawal.
The Gẹ̀lẹ̀dé spectacle : art, gender, and social harmony in an African culture / Babatunde Lawal.
The Gẹ̀lẹ̀dé spectacle : art, gender, and social harmony in an African culture / Babatunde Lawal.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
Seattle : University of Washington Press, c1996.
Call Numbers
N966.00496/1
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
xxiv, 327 p. : ill., map ; 26 cm.
Contents
Note on Orthography and Tone Markings -- 1. African Art and the Social Order -- 2. Iwa: The Dialectics of Yoruba Existence -- 3. Ipilese: The Roots of Gelede -- 4. Irepo: Gender and Social Harmony Through Gelede -- 5. Iran: The Gelede Spectacle -- 6. Idira: Costume Aesthetics and Iconography -- 7. I...
Publication information
Publisher
Seattle : University of Washington Press, c1996.
Place of Publication
Washington (State)
Date Published
c1996.
Subjects
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Scope and Contents
Summary
The Gelede Spectacle is illustrated in color and black-and-white with over 150 field and museum photographs, including a rare sequence on the dressing of a masquerader. It offers, in addition, more than 60 Gelede song texts, proverbs, and divination verses, each in the original Yoruba as well as in translation. Lawal's interpretations of these piec...
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Full title
The Gẹ̀lẹ̀dé spectacle : art, gender, and social harmony in an African culture / Babatunde Lawal.
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Notes
General note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-310) and index.
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Date Copyright
c1996.
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Call Numbers
N966.00496/1
Record Identifier
74VvpDEKbEVA
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvpDEKbEVA
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ISBN
0295975997 :
029597527X (alk. paper)
9780295975993 (paper: alk. paper)
0295975997 (paper: alk. paper)
9780295975993 :
DDC
966.00496333
MMS ID
991005142079702626
