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:	1 online resource.
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. Electronic books. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12282297

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ISBN:	9780253031457 0253031451 9780253031440
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 12, 2017).
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:	Print version: Willis, John Thabiti, 1976- Masquerading politics. Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, 2018 9780253031440

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