Masquerading politics : kinship, gender, and ethnicity in a Yoruba town /

Masquerading politics : kinship, gender, and ethnicity in a Yoruba town /

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Author / Creator:	Willis, John Thabiti, 1976- author.
Imprint:	Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2018]
Description:	xiii, 198 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	African expressive cultures African expressive cultures.
Subject:	Yoruba (African people) -- Rites and ceremonies. Yoruba (African people) -- Nigeria -- Otta -- History. Yoruba (African people) -- Politics and government. Masks, Yoruba -- Nigeria -- Otta -- History. Masquerades -- Nigeria -- Otta -- History. Egúngún (Cult) -- Nigeria -- Otta. Gelede (Yoruba rite) -- Nigeria -- Otta. Egúngún (Cult) Gelede (Yoruba rite) Masks, Yoruba. Masquerades. Yoruba (African people) Yoruba (African people) -- Politics and government. Yoruba (African people) -- Rites and ceremonies. Otta (Nigeria) -- History. Nigeria -- Otta. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11409679

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ISBN:	9780253031440 0253031443 9780253031464 025303146X 9780253031457
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-190) and index.
Summary:	In West Africa, especially among Yoruba people, masquerades have the power to kill enemies, appoint kings, and grant fertility. John Thabiti Willis takes a close look at masquerade traditions in the Yoruba town of Otta, exploring transformations in performers, performances, and the institutional structures in which masquerade was used to reveal ongoing changes in notions of gender, kinship, and ethnic identity. As Willis focuses on performers and spectators, he reveals a history of masquerade that is rich and complex. His research offers a more nuanced understanding of performance practices in Africa and their role in forging alliances, consolidating state power, incorporating immigrants, executing criminals, and projecting individual and group power on both sides of the Afro-Atlantic world.--Publisher's summary.
Other form:	Online version: Willis, John Thabiti, 1976- author. Masquerading politics Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2018] 9780253031457

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