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West African Masking Traditions and Diaspora Masquerade Carnivals : History, Memory, and Transnationalism /

"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"--

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1. Verfasser: Njoku, Raphael Chijioke (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press, 2020.
Schriftenreihe:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Schlagworte:
Masquerades.
Masks, African.
Manners and customs.
Carnival.
African diaspora.
HISTORY > Africa > General.
Africains > Pays etrangers.
Masques > Afrique.
Carnavals > Antilles.
Carnavals > Afrique occidentale.
Mascarades > Antilles.
Mascarades > Afrique occidentale.
Carnival > West Indies.
Carnival > Africa, West.
Masquerades > West Indies.
Masquerades > Africa, West.
West Indies.
West Africa.
Antilles > Moeurs et coutumes.
Afrique occidentale > Moeurs et coutumes.
West Indies > Social life and customs.
Africa, West > Social life and customs.
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Inhaltsangabe:
  • 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.

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