Yoruba ritual : performers, play, agency /

Yoruba ritual : performers, play, agency /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Drewal, Margaret Thompson
Imprint:	Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c1992.
Description:	xxii, 241 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	African systems of thought
Subject:	Yoruba (African people) -- Rites and ceremonies Yoruba (African people) -- Folklore Rites and ceremonies -- Nigeria. Folklore -- Nigeria -- Performance. Folklore -- Performance. Manners and customs. Rites and ceremonies. Yoruba (African people) Yoruba (African people) -- Rites and ceremonies. Africa. Nigeria. Folklore. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1338243

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ISBN:	0253318173 (cloth : alk. paper) 0253206847 (paper : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-234) and index.

Table of Contents:

1. Theory and Method in the Study of Ritual Performance
2. Yoruba Play and the Transformation of Ritual
3. The Ontological Journey
4. New Beginnings
5. Establishing the Self
6. Ritual Play about Play: Performing Miracles in Honor of the Ancestors
7. The Collective in Conflict, or, the Play of Personalities
8. From Militarism to Dandyism: The Shaping of Performance
9. Reinventing Ritual: The Imewuro Annual Rally
10. Gender Play
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